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There is a turtle nesting project here; the mostly likely time to witness hatchlings being released is between July and October.—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 June 2026 These simple practices can help create easier pathways for hatchlings to navigate their way to the coast and allow the waves to carry them out to sea.—Joey Skladany, Southern Living, 21 May 2026 Braun told these hatchlings that they were too wedded to script, and needed to learn how to let sound tell the story.—Literary Hub, 20 May 2026 Biologists from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife collected the turtle hatchlings from sites in the Gorge last spring and transported them to the zoo conservation lab.—Christopher Edwards, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for hatchling