Number 4!!

The nesting season is really getting going now; we found our fourth nest of the season this morning just above the beach entrance.

Weekend traffic on the beach didn't deter this turtle

Found it!

Hunter got to collect the eggshell

Nest 4 

Further up the island between Marker 8 and 9 we came across another crawl - but this one didn't turn out to the a nest. The tracks from this crawl very closely matched the false crawl from yesterday at the jetty. They are a little unusual, not the normal loggerhead style, but it may be that this mother has problem with one of her flippers making the crawl uneven. We'll see if she returns again.

A big turtle; 1.1 meters wide

Uneven tracks

Several years ago, in 2009, 2011 and 2014, we had a mother turtle who was missing her right rear flipper. Her tracks were similar to the ones we found yesterday and today. We don't think she ever laid a nest but she did make lots and lots of attempts. Missing a rear flipper makes it hard to dig an egg chamber.

Barb and Steve