We had a successful night walk on Saturday with a view of a turtle laying eggs, covering and returning to the ocean. This turtle also had bioluminescence on her carapace, causing her shell to glow when she would throw sand backwards. While measuring her carapace and checking for a PIT tag she was making some noises at us, clearly she was a turtle that meant business! We wait until she is late stage covering to measure and check for tags in case it would disturb the turtle. She finished up covering then made a turn for the ocean. While she was nesting, the group got to use the night vision monoculars to get a view of her head, as we only keep the red light to the back of her and away from her field of view. The following morning we documented this nest as 119 on the state park beach! There were 5 nests total that were documented during turtle patrol. See below for a few pictures taken during the morning turtle adventures.
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Leah SchwartzentruberSea Turtle Biologist Archives
September 2023
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