A beautiful and cool morning on Waties!! We found that Nest # 17 had emerged overnight!! This nest was laid by our Special Needs Turtle on Tuesday, July 2 between markers 7 and 8. After 54 days of incubation, the hatchlings ran for the ocean. We also had the great pleasure to find a live hatchling near the nest crawling from a ghost crab hole very close to the emergence hole. We escorted this little guy down to the water and he energetically swam away. A perfect day!! Inventory will be on Wednesday morning.
Pictures by Leslie
Post by Paulette
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The temperatures have dropped. The walk
is beautiful |
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This is a classic emergence hole with the
pesky ghost crabs adding their holes. |
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Can you see the trails left by the hatchlings heading to
the sea? |
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In spite of the heavy rains last night we can see where these
hatchlings found the sea! |
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This little guy was happy to have friends helping him
make the dangerous trip to the ocean!
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