when is nesting season for alligators??

Question

we just moved to FL and id like to know when nesting season is,
we like to canoe the hillsborough river as well as other water involved activities and i need to know when nesting season is
i cant find it on the internet
can anyone help me out?

Answer 1

Mating season is when you need to be most careful.... that is end of April, peaks in May, and sometimes early June. Nesting starts Mid-June and eggs will usually hatch right around August-September.


I also want to add (since you are new here) that since the eggs hatch the same time a year as Hurricane Season (June 1-Sept. 30)if a storm comes during Nesting season, sometimes the babies get displaced, and Momma will come looking for them. If you live on or near the Hillsborough River, keep that in mind during and after storms. We even had one end up in our pool once. Luckily we got it back home before Momma came looking! :)

Best of Luck to You, and Welcome to Florida!

Answer 2

Alligator Nest

Answer 3

Alligator Mating Season

Answer 4

Gators begin breeding in March, start laying eggs in June and are finished by the end of July.

Alligator Production in Florida
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/VM035

You are new to Florida, I recommend that you not canoe alone until you are familiar with gatorland. It is not just nesting season when the gator is more aggressive. There is about a six month period between March and August when gators tend to be more aggressive.

Kinda surprised you could not find this info. If you want good reliable information about Florida and it's flora and fauna seek out the University of Florida or one of its county extension offices.

Answer 5

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RE:
when is nesting season for alligators??
we just moved to FL and id like to know when nesting season is,
we like to canoe the hillsborough river as well as other water involved activities and i need to know when nesting season is
i cant find it on the internet
can anyone help me out?

Answer 6

Reproduction

Alligator eggs and young
Alligators of various ages in Everglades National ParkThe maturity of the alligator is dependent more upon the size of the animal than its age. An alligator is generally considered mature when it reaches a length of six feet or more. They are seasonal breeders. The mating season is in spring when the water warms. The female builds a nest of vegetation that rots, incubating the eggs. Sex is fully determined at the time of hatching and irreversible thereafter, and depends on the temperature of egg incubation, temperatures of 30 °C producing females, of 34 °C yielding only males. The temperature-sensitive period is between seven and 21 days of incubation. Natural nests constructed on levees are hotter (34 °C) than those constructed on wet marsh (30 °C); thus, the former tend to produce males and the latter, females. The natural sex ratio at hatching is five females to one male. Females hatched from eggs incubated at 30 °C weigh significantly more than males hatched from eggs incubated at 34 °C.[3] The mother will defend the nest from predators and will assist the babies to water once they hatch. She will provide protection to the young for about a year if they remain in the area. The largest threat to young alligators are adults, accounting for nearly a fifty percent percent mortality rate in some cases. Incidently, in the past there have been population explosions of alligators in the years following the outlawing of alligator hunting, as the young gators have a greater chance of surviving to adulthood once much of the previous adult generation had been killed off.

For more about alligators go to the site below.

Answer 7

spring time

Answer 8

in the spring