41. The island is home to the entire royal penguin population during their annual nesting season . 42. The Moroccan breeding birds are resident, dispersing along the coast after the nesting season . 43. The nesting season is June to September. 44. These birds forage on the ground, gathering in flocks outside of the nesting season . 45. The nesting season is November to April. 46. Oriental pied hornbills have shown to return to their previous nest for subsequent nesting seasons . 47. Painted Rock is closed during raptor nesting season ( March 1 through July 15 ). 48. Most uncovered benches are covered with guano and are rarely used by tourists during nesting season . 49. We visited Tortuguero during its offseason, and missed seeing marine turtles during their nesting season . 50. A female can lay from 1 4 nests over a nesting season from June to December.