A nice morning out there - not too hot and just a little breeze. You have to appreciate these days because not every morning is like that.
This morning we got to see just how strong and determined a mother turtle can be. Just above Marker 4 we came across a crawl. By determining which crawl was inbound and which we outbound, we could track her movement up the beach.
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| This is the outbound crawl |
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| Inbound crawl on the right |
She had a very tough time: at one point, she encountered a log on the beach, a pretty good sized one too, and apparently got stuck under it. There was a large pit of sand and a set of tracks headed for the dune face. When she crawled up the beach, the log moved with her. Check out the photos.
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| She had to do some digging to get under the log |
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| The shadow is where the log used to be |
At the dune, she just did a 180 and returned to the ocean. No nest last night; but maybe tonight!
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| Just a turnaround |
Barb and Steve
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