Adopt-A-Nest

Nest adoptions are underway for 2026.

With your donation to Adopt-A-Nest, a plaque with the name and message you provide will be placed beside a nest.  Photos of the nest and its location will then be emailed to you. Once the eggs hatch, we will send you a Nest Adoption Certificate with information on the nest, including the hatch date and the number of eggs within the clutch. You will also have the option to recycle the plaque or request it be sent to you. The suggested donation amount is $150.

Click to Adopt A Nest

Below are images of a generic adoption plaque, an adoption certificate, and E-Gift Certificate (optional when nest is given as a gift).

Sea Turtles create nests on St. Pete Beach and Shell Key mid-May through September with nests hatching late June through October.

You can also support our year-round education, rescue and protection efforts as a Tracker Backer.
Contact adoptions@seaturtletrackers.org with questions.

Adopt a Nest & Support Sea Turtles with a Donation

Online donations can be made here

If you prefer to mail a check, send a check to:

Make a check payable to "Sea Turtle Trackers"

On the memo line of the check, please indicate that the donation is for "Sea Turtle Trackers" and whichever project you're supporting (General Donation, Adopt A Nest, Name A Hatchling, etc.)

Please mail your check to:
Sea Turtle Trackers

PO Box 67422 Saint Pete Beach, FL 33736

All contributions will be gratefully acknowledged and are tax deductible.

Name a Hatchling

With your donation to Name- A-Hatchling, you will receive a certificate with information on your hatchlings, including their hatch date and the number of eggs within the nest. Suggested donation is $5 for 1; $10 for 3; $30 for 10.

The adoption of a nest or hatchling is purely symbolic. You won’t be able to touch or keep the hatchlings. Since Mother Nature determines when a nest will hatch, it is not possible for us to notify you when this will happen. Please know every effort is made to keep the hatching process as natural as possible to ensure hatchling survival. Nests hatch late June to October.

Sea turtle hatchling leaving a nest on the beach.

Name One Hatchling

$5.00

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Name Three Hatchlings

$10.00

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Name Ten Hatchlings

$30.00

Online donations for Name a Hatchling are temporarily unavailable.

Send a check to name hatchlings:

  1. Make a check payable to "Sea Turtle Trackers"
  2. On the memo line of the check, please indicate that the donation is for "Sea Turtle Trackers" then include the donation form which you are donating to (general donation, adopt a nest, tracker backers).
  3. Please mail to:
    Sea Turtle Trackers
    C/o Melinda McKenna
    5701 Bahia Del Mar Cir #208
    St. Petersburg, 33715

All contributions will be gratefully acknowledged and are tax deductible.