5Th of July :) Turtle Tracks!

[wildman4910]

A marked turtle nest & some nesting turtle tracks I saw at the beach today.​

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[cntrydncr1]

cool finds! thanks for sharing!

 

[wildman4910]

You welcome, these are the first tracks I have run across this year.​

I'll get more pics as I come across new tracks while at the beach.​

 

[Diver_Down]

Looks like a Loggerhead. Do you volunteer with the Sea Turtle Patrol? If you have the time, you might want to look into volunteering with a Washback patrol. Washbacks occur with the incoming storm tides beginning now until November. The new turtle hatchlings seek out the refuge of the floating sargassum mats for shelter/camouflage. In storm tides (not necessarily tropical storms, but a strong, steady onshore wind can generate such an event), the hatchlings become entangled in the mats and are stranded on-shore. They are not healthy enough to survive. Conducting a wrack-line survey and rescuing the turtles is their only hope.

 

[allen]

nice pics !