OK, if you look closely, you can see some tiny hatchling tracks from two of the three Leatherback nests that we have been watching on our section of beach. These two nests apparently hatched on or about Saturday of this last weekend. That means that the hatchlings probably began coming out after 84 days of incubation for the TDC328 nest that was laid on or about 3/28/09, and about 77 days for the nest laid on 4/4/09 (TDC404). My "Turtle Dad" colleague and his grandson checked on the nests during an early Saturday morning walk on the beach and said that they found a couple of hatchlings that had either gotten stuck in seaweed on the beach, or had gotten turned over and not able to make any progress toward the ocean. Both were "saved" and were able to reach the water on their own after being given a "helping hand" to restart their trek to the sea. The "hatching season" has begun for our stretch of beach!
OK, if you look closely, you can see some tiny hatchling tracks from two of the three Leatherback nests that we have been watching on our section of beach. These two nests apparently hatched on or about Saturday of this last weekend. That means that the hatchlings probably began coming out after 84 days of incubation for the TDC328 nest that was laid on or about 3/28/09, and about 77 days for the nest laid on 4/4/09 (TDC404). My "Turtle Dad" colleague and his grandson checked on the nests during an early Saturday morning walk on the beach and said that they found a couple of hatchlings that had either gotten stuck in seaweed on the beach, or had gotten turned over and not able to make any progress toward the ocean. Both were "saved" and were able to reach the water on their own after being given a "helping hand" to restart their trek to the sea. The "hatching season" has begun for our stretch of beach!
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