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511 Loggerhead Sea Turtles Baja, Mexico

110 images Created 10 Aug 2010

Loggerhead Sea Turtles
Researcher J. Nichols
Baja, Mexico - August 1999

A bizarre twist occurred the day before our trip to Yakushima, Japan in July of 1999. Nichols received word by e-mail from Baja that a fisherman came forward with a flipper tag from a Loggerhead released in Japan! The result was that a newly hatched loggerhead from Yakushima was brought to Okinawa for approx. 6 months then tagged with a Japanese flipper tag (by Dr. Teruya & and Dr. Uchida) and released in 1988. The flipper tag was discovered by a Baja fisherman and kept on his key chain for 6 years before notifying Nichols associates. Nichols had gained the respect & confidence of the Baja fisherman enough to be handed this incredible discovery. The loggerhead was approx. 6 inches long when released according to the Okinawa Aquarium which released the turtle, and was caught 5 years later of the Baja coast in 1994. Ironically, the fisherman knew that Japanese loggerheads were making their way to Baja long before any researches
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  • Sunrise
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  • Sunrise
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  • Fisherman At Dawn
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  • Sunrise
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  • Sunrise
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  • Animal Foot Prints
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  • Animal Foot Prints
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  • Animal Foot Prints
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  • Brown Pelican
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  • GilaWoodpeckers
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  • J. Nichols Surveying For Dead Sea Turtles
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  • Yellow-crowned Night Heron
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  • Yellow-crowned Night Heron
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  • J. Nichols Surveying For Dead Sea Turtles
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  • Coyotes
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  • Common Dolphin
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  • Whale
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  • Common Dolphins
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  • Whale
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  • J. Nichols Surveying For Dead Sea Turtles
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  • Common Dolphins
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  • Common Dolphins
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  • Point At Ocean Mouth Off Isla Magdalena
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  • Bird
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  • Bird
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  • Point At Ocean Mouth Off Isla Magdalena
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  • Alberto “Serrucho” Ojeda, Sabina Widman, J. Nichols, Salvador Garcia w/wife and child, Eliza Smith Steinmeier, Juan Manotas Gonzalez
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  • Loggerhead Sea Turtle
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  • J. Nichols Surveying For Dead Sea Turtles
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  • Loggerhead Turtle W/ Remora
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  • J. Nichols Rodeo Turtle Capture
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  • Flipper Tag On Turtle
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  • Attaching Satellite Tag To Loggerhead Sea Turtle
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  • Attaching satellite transmitter to loggerhead sea turtle
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  • Attaching Satellite Tag To Loggerhead Sea Turtle
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  • Goose Barnacles
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  • J. Nichols Releasing Loggerhead Sea Turtle
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  • J. Nichols Releasing Loggerhead Sea Turtle
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  • J. Nichols Releasing Loggerhead Sea Turtle
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  • Loggerhead Sea Turtle with satellite transmitter attached
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  • Turtle Shell Graveyard
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  • J.  Nichols Adds To Turtle Shells
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  • Turtle Carapaces
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  • Turtle Carapaces
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  • J. Nichols & Alberto
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  • Putting Carapaces Into Graveyard
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  • Putting Carapaces Into Graveyard
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  • J. Nichols At Turtle Graveyard
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  • Putting Carapaces Into Graveyard
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  • Javier With Japanese Turtle Tag
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  • J. Nichols, Javier Miramontes & Family
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  • Sunset In Baja
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  • Crab
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  • J. Nichols Recording Info On Turtle Bone
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  • Long Shadow Of David On Beach
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  • J. Nichols Recording Info On Turtle Bone
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  • Long Shadow Of David On Beach
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  • Long Shadow Of David On Beach
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  • Long Shadow Of David On Beach
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  • Skull Of Loggerhead Turtle On Beach
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  • J. Nichols & Javier's Family
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  • Japanese Turtle Tag / Okinawa Expo
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  • J. Nichols & Havier's Family
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  • Javier & Japanese Turtle Tag
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  • Skull Of Loggerhead Turtle On Beach
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  • Hawaii Turtle Tag
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  • X-188 Hawaiian Tag  Found In Mexico
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  • Japanese Turtle Tag # 572
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  • Turtle Tags
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  • Skull Of Loggerhead Turtle On Beach
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  • Making Trip To Isla Magdalena
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  • Magdalena Bay Scenics
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  • Magdalena Bay Scenics
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  • Magdalena Bay Scenics
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  • Making Trip To Isla Magdalena
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  • Making Trip To Isla Magdalena
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  • Dead Loggerhead Sea Turtle
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  • J. Nichols Measuring Dead Loggerhead Sea Turtle
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  • Dead Loggerhead Sea Turtle
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  • Dead Loggerhead Sea Turtle
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  • Dead Loggerhead Sea Turtle
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  • Dead Sea Lion
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  • Dead Whale
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  • Remains Of Carapace
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  • Sea Lions
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  • Sea Lions
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  • Sea Lions
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  • Scenic From Magdalena Light House
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  • Scenic From Magdalena Light House
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  • Sea Lions
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  • Sea Lions
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  • J. Nichols Taking Skin Sample Of Dead Loggerhead Sea Turtle
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  • Cleaning Turtle Toe Bone
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  • Categorizing Turtle Bones
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  • Marking Turtle Toe Bone
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  • Cataloging Turtle Toe Bone
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  • Dead Loggerhead & Dune Buggie
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  • Dead Loggerhead Sea Turtle
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  • Cataloged Turtle Toe Bones
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  • J. Nichols Logging In Turtle Toe Bones
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