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Sea turtle nesting season is off to a strong start, according to folks at Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Juno Beach.
They monitor a 9 and a half mile stretch of beach in northern Palm Beach County and say already 38 leatherback turtle nests have been located.
The season started March 1st on the Atlantic Coast, but the first nest arrived on February 16th. That was a loggerhead nest and it was the earliest that the facility has ever seen one.
Loggerhead turtles typical start nesting in April.
Sea turtle nesting season begins in May on the Gulf Coast of the state and it continues statewide through the month of October.