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Slow nesting season for sea turtles
Loggerhead nest numbers down from recent years
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SAVANNAH — After four busy nesting years on beaches from Georgia to the Carolinas, loggerhead sea turtles this summer laid their eggs at a much pokier pace. The sluggish nesting season for the giant sea turtles wrapped up over the Labor Day weekend. And preliminary numbers show volunteers in Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina counted far fewer loggerhead nests in 2014 than in recent years.
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