We had our first intern-led night walk last night! Skyler did a great job of presenting about our loggerhead sea turtles and then walked ahead of the group to look for hatchlings and new nesting activity. Unfortunately, we did not see turtle activity last night but we still had a beautiful night to walk. By the time we checked on nest 5, which was by the inlet, it had already emerged! The hatchlings left early compared to other night walks. This morning on patrol we only found three false crawls, so our chances of seeing a turtle were slim. We also conducted an inventory of nest 6, that hatched three days prior. It had a great success rate and two hatchlings were found stuck in the nest, so we were able to release them. See below for pictures taken by our volunteer, Iddy!
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Leah SchwartzentruberSea Turtle Biologist Archives
September 2023
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