Tuesday, April 05, 2005
no turtles
Not too much to report from the beach last night. Kelly, Niki, Sandy and I took turns patrolling the beach but did not find any nesting turtles. I think we are getting a bit spoiled by the numbers of turtles seen so far. This season has been amazing! We have encountered quite a few leatherbacks and there are already more nests recorded by today's date than the 2001 season - which was our largest! There is a graph of nest counts here: Graphs We are expecting a few turtles to return this week so keep checking in!
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I've got what is probably a stupid question. When you are driving up and down, on what I assume is a type of quad bike. Do you ever run over turtle nests? And if you do, are the nests deep enough not too damage the eggs? I also thought the photos of Kelly with 2? turtles was funny, perhaps you ought to pose every night with the cardboard one, as it seemed to bring you good luck!!!
Good question! We do not run over turtle nests with our ATV's. We always try to ride along the high water line or just below it. This avoids nests. In addition, we quit surveying in early to mid June. This avoids the the large numbers of Green and Loggerhead turtles nesting on our beach. Yes, the nests are deep enough to taje the pressure of walking, riding ATV's and even deep enough to avoid beach umbrellas.
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