{"id":21625,"date":"2015-04-09T07:06:19","date_gmt":"2015-04-09T13:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?page_id=21625"},"modified":"2025-11-18T11:21:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T17:21:53","slug":"loggerhead-sea-turtle-images","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/loggerhead-sea-turtle-images\/","title":{"rendered":"Loggerhead Sea Turtle Images"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-background-image:linear-gradient(180deg, #ffffff 0%,#ffffff 100%);--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third fusion-column-first\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:33.333333333333%;width:calc(33.333333333333% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.33333333333333 ) );margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element in-legacy-container\" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"554\" alt=\"Loggerhead Sea Turtle Images\" title=\"Female Loggerhead Sea Turtle leaving the nest site\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/loggerhead-turtle-female-nesting-mia-mcpherson-7997.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/loggerhead-turtle-female-nesting-mia-mcpherson-7997.jpg\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-164059\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27554%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20900%20554%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27554%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/loggerhead-turtle-female-nesting-mia-mcpherson-7997-200x123.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/loggerhead-turtle-female-nesting-mia-mcpherson-7997-400x246.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/loggerhead-turtle-female-nesting-mia-mcpherson-7997-600x369.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/loggerhead-turtle-female-nesting-mia-mcpherson-7997.jpg 900w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-two-third fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:66.666666666667%;width:calc(66.666666666667% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.66666666666667 ) );\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h2>Loggerhead Sea Turtle Images, Facts and Information:<\/h2>\n<p><em>Caretta caretta<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Loggerhead Sea Turtles are large marine reptiles named for their exceptionally large heads. They have a reddish-brown carapace (upper shell), a pale-yellow plastron (underside), and powerful jaws. The average adult measures about 3 feet in length and weighs around 250 pounds.<\/li>\n<li>Loggerhead Sea Turtles are found globally in the temperate and tropical regions of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans, and the Mediterranean Sea. They spend most of their lives in saltwater, using coastal areas for feeding and open ocean currents for migration. Adult females return to sandy beaches, usually the ones where they hatched, for nesting.<\/li>\n<li>Loggerhead Sea Turtles are carnivores with a varied diet, primarily consisting of bottom-dwelling invertebrates. Their strong jaws allow them to crush hard-shelled prey like conchs, crabs, and whelks. They also eat mollusks, crustaceans, and sometimes fish and plants.<\/li>\n<li>Loggerhead Sea Turtles reach sexual maturity at a late age, approximately 35 years. Females nest every 2 to 3 years, typically laying 3 to 5 clutches of about 100 to 120 eggs each during the nesting season (April to September in the Northern Hemisphere). The eggs incubate for about two months, with the sex of the hatchlings determined by the sand temperature.<\/li>\n<li>Loggerhead Sea Turtles are also known as \u201cLoggerheads\u201d and are the most abundant species of sea turtle to nest in the United States.<\/li>\n<li>A group of sea turtles can be called a \u201cbale\u201d or \u201ccolony\u201d of turtles.<\/li>\n<li>The lifespan of Loggerhead Sea Turtles in the wild is estimated to be 62 to 80 years or more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I hope you enjoy viewing my Loggerhead Sea Turtle photos. <i class=\"fb-icon-element-1 fb-icon-element fontawesome-icon fa-frog fas circle-no fusion-text-flow\" style=\"--awb-iconcolor:rgba(97,118,99,0.79);--awb-iconcolor-hover:rgba(97,118,99,0.79);--awb-font-size:20px;--awb-margin-right:10px;\"><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" 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text-align: left; }<\/style><div class=\"fusion-recent-works fusion-portfolio-element fusion-portfolio fusion-portfolio-1 fusion-portfolio-grid fusion-portfolio-paging-infinite fusion-portfolio-four fusion-portfolio-boxed fusion-portfolio-text\" data-id=\"-rw-1\" data-columns=\"four\"><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-portfolio-1 .fusion-portfolio-wrapper .fusion-col-spacing{padding:6px;}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-portfolio-wrapper\" id=\"fusion-portfolio-1\" data-picturesize=\"auto\" data-pages=\"1\" style=\"margin:-6px;\"><article id=\"portfolio-1-post-20556\" class=\"fusion-portfolio-post loggerhead-sea-turtle-images fusion-col-spacing post-20556\"><div class=\"fusion-portfolio-content-wrapper\" style=\"border:1px solid #d3d3d3;border-bottom-width:3px;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);\"><span class=\"vcard rich-snippet-hidden\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/author\/mia\/\" title=\"Posts by Mia McPherson\" rel=\"author\">Mia McPherson<\/a><\/span><\/span><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/portfolio-items\/last-view-of-the-female-loggerhead-sea-turtle\/?portfolioCats=3366\" aria-label=\"Last view of the female Loggerhead Sea Turtle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/loggerhead-turtle-female-mia-mcpherson-8043.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Last view of the female Loggerhead Sea Turtle, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27426%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20900%20426%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27426%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/loggerhead-turtle-female-mia-mcpherson-8043.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/loggerhead-turtle-female-mia-mcpherson-8043-200x95.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/loggerhead-turtle-female-mia-mcpherson-8043-400x189.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/loggerhead-turtle-female-mia-mcpherson-8043-600x284.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/loggerhead-turtle-female-mia-mcpherson-8043.jpg 900w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-portfolio-content\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);\"><h2 class=\"entry-title fusion-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/portfolio-items\/last-view-of-the-female-loggerhead-sea-turtle\/?portfolioCats=3366\">Last view of the female Loggerhead Sea Turtle<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-portfolio-meta\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/portfolio_category\/loggerhead-sea-turtle-images\/\" rel=\"tag\">Loggerhead Sea Turtle Images<\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#d3d3d3;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content\"><div class=\"post-content\">\n<div class=\"excerpt-container strip-html\">\n<p>Title: Last view of the female Loggerhead Sea Turtle<\/p>\n<p>Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida<\/p>\n<p>Date: 7\/20\/2008<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/article><article id=\"portfolio-1-post-20554\" class=\"fusion-portfolio-post loggerhead-sea-turtle-images fusion-col-spacing post-20554\"><div class=\"fusion-portfolio-content-wrapper\" style=\"border:1px solid #d3d3d3;border-bottom-width:3px;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);\"><span class=\"vcard rich-snippet-hidden\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/author\/mia\/\" title=\"Posts by Mia McPherson\" rel=\"author\">Mia McPherson<\/a><\/span><\/span><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/portfolio-items\/loggerhead-sea-turtle-tracks\/?portfolioCats=3366\" aria-label=\"Loggerhead Sea Turtle tracks\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"579\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/loggerhead-turtle-tracks-mia-mcpherson-8047.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Loggerhead Sea Turtle tracks, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27579%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20900%20579%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27579%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/loggerhead-turtle-tracks-mia-mcpherson-8047.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/loggerhead-turtle-tracks-mia-mcpherson-8047-200x129.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/loggerhead-turtle-tracks-mia-mcpherson-8047-400x257.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/loggerhead-turtle-tracks-mia-mcpherson-8047-600x386.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/loggerhead-turtle-tracks-mia-mcpherson-8047.jpg 900w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-portfolio-content\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);\"><h2 class=\"entry-title fusion-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/portfolio-items\/loggerhead-sea-turtle-tracks\/?portfolioCats=3366\">Loggerhead Sea Turtle tracks<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-portfolio-meta\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/portfolio_category\/loggerhead-sea-turtle-images\/\" rel=\"tag\">Loggerhead Sea Turtle Images<\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#d3d3d3;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content\"><div class=\"post-content\">\n<div class=\"excerpt-container strip-html\">\n<p>Title: Loggerhead Sea Turtle tracks<\/p>\n<p>Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida<\/p>\n<p>Date: 7\/20\/2008<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/article><article id=\"portfolio-1-post-20552\" class=\"fusion-portfolio-post loggerhead-sea-turtle-images fusion-col-spacing post-20552\"><div class=\"fusion-portfolio-content-wrapper\" style=\"border:1px solid #d3d3d3;border-bottom-width:3px;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);\"><span class=\"vcard rich-snippet-hidden\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/author\/mia\/\" title=\"Posts by Mia McPherson\" rel=\"author\">Mia McPherson<\/a><\/span><\/span><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/portfolio-items\/female-loggerhead-sea-turtle-in-the-surf\/?portfolioCats=3366\" aria-label=\"Female Loggerhead Sea Turtle in the surf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/loggerhead-turtle-water-mia-mcpherson-8033.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Female Loggerhead Sea Turtle in the surf, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27544%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20900%20544%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27544%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/loggerhead-turtle-water-mia-mcpherson-8033.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/loggerhead-turtle-water-mia-mcpherson-8033-200x121.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/loggerhead-turtle-water-mia-mcpherson-8033-400x242.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/loggerhead-turtle-water-mia-mcpherson-8033-600x363.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/loggerhead-turtle-water-mia-mcpherson-8033.jpg 900w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-portfolio-content\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);\"><h2 class=\"entry-title fusion-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/portfolio-items\/female-loggerhead-sea-turtle-in-the-surf\/?portfolioCats=3366\">Female Loggerhead Sea Turtle in the surf<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-portfolio-meta\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/portfolio_category\/loggerhead-sea-turtle-images\/\" rel=\"tag\">Loggerhead Sea Turtle Images<\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#d3d3d3;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content\"><div class=\"post-content\">\n<div class=\"excerpt-container strip-html\">\n<p>Title: Female Loggerhead Sea Turtle in the surf<\/p>\n<p>Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida<\/p>\n<p>Date: 7\/20\/2008<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/article><article id=\"portfolio-1-post-20550\" class=\"fusion-portfolio-post loggerhead-sea-turtle-images fusion-col-spacing post-20550\"><div class=\"fusion-portfolio-content-wrapper\" style=\"border:1px solid #d3d3d3;border-bottom-width:3px;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);\"><span class=\"vcard rich-snippet-hidden\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/author\/mia\/\" title=\"Posts by Mia McPherson\" rel=\"author\">Mia McPherson<\/a><\/span><\/span><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/portfolio-items\/female-loggerhead-turtle\/?portfolioCats=3366\" aria-label=\"Female Loggerhead Turtle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"453\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/loggerhead-turtle-female-leaving-nest-mia-mcpherson-8015.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Female Loggerhead Turtle, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27453%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20900%20453%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27453%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/loggerhead-turtle-female-leaving-nest-mia-mcpherson-8015.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/loggerhead-turtle-female-leaving-nest-mia-mcpherson-8015-200x101.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/loggerhead-turtle-female-leaving-nest-mia-mcpherson-8015-400x201.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/loggerhead-turtle-female-leaving-nest-mia-mcpherson-8015-600x302.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/loggerhead-turtle-female-leaving-nest-mia-mcpherson-8015.jpg 900w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-portfolio-content\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);\"><h2 class=\"entry-title fusion-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/portfolio-items\/female-loggerhead-turtle\/?portfolioCats=3366\">Female Loggerhead Turtle<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-portfolio-meta\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/portfolio_category\/loggerhead-sea-turtle-images\/\" rel=\"tag\">Loggerhead Sea Turtle Images<\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#d3d3d3;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content\"><div class=\"post-content\">\n<div class=\"excerpt-container strip-html\">\n<p>Title: Female Loggerhead Turtle<\/p>\n<p>Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida<\/p>\n<p>Date: 7\/20\/2008<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/article><article id=\"portfolio-1-post-20355\" class=\"fusion-portfolio-post loggerhead-sea-turtle-images fusion-col-spacing post-20355\"><div class=\"fusion-portfolio-content-wrapper\" style=\"border:1px solid #d3d3d3;border-bottom-width:3px;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);\"><span class=\"vcard rich-snippet-hidden\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/author\/mia\/\" title=\"Posts by Mia McPherson\" rel=\"author\">Mia McPherson<\/a><\/span><\/span><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/portfolio-items\/female-loggerhead-sea-turtle-leaving-the-nest-site\/?portfolioCats=3366\" aria-label=\"Female Loggerhead Sea Turtle leaving the nest site\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"554\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/loggerhead-turtle-female-nesting-mia-mcpherson-7997.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Female Loggerhead Sea Turtle leaving the nest site, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27554%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20900%20554%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27554%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" 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href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/portfolio-items\/female-loggerhead-sea-turtle-leaving-the-nest-site\/?portfolioCats=3366\">Female Loggerhead Sea Turtle leaving the nest site<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-portfolio-meta\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/portfolio_category\/loggerhead-sea-turtle-images\/\" rel=\"tag\">Loggerhead Sea Turtle Images<\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#d3d3d3;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content\"><div class=\"post-content\">\n<div class=\"excerpt-container strip-html\">\n<p>Title: Female Loggerhead Sea Turtle leaving the nest site<\/p>\n<p>Location: Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida<\/p>\n<p>Date: 7\/20\/2008<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/article><\/div><\/div><div 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