Hurricane Irene destroyed most of the remaining sea turtle nests on our stretch of beach yesterday, last night and this morning, as the storm has now moved even in latitude to the border between Florida and Georgia. We really don't like to see sights like we found on the beach this morning, where sea turtle eggs are rolling around in the surf and laying where they had been deposited by the high waves and tides during the last 24 hours. The devastation of nests appears to be so bad, that I'm concerned that there may be none left untouched by the waves and wind. It's a very sad sight, since my calculations show that there were approximately 60 nests (7 marked by EAI and the other 50 + identified by me as "possible" nests). We had already documented that 16 nests had hatched previous to the storm, but there doesn't seem much hope that the remaining nests will have surived. We have at least one more exceptionaly high tide this evening, so I'll try to get out again tomorrow morning to see what may be left! This storm created real devastation in regard to the sea turtle nests along our coast!
Hurricane Irene destroyed most of the remaining sea turtle nests on our stretch of beach yesterday, last night and this morning, as the storm has now moved even in latitude to the border between Florida and Georgia. We really don't like to see sights like we found on the beach this morning, where sea turtle eggs are rolling around in the surf and laying where they had been deposited by the high waves and tides during the last 24 hours. The devastation of nests appears to be so bad, that I'm concerned that there may be none left untouched by the waves and wind. It's a very sad sight, since my calculations show that there were approximately 60 nests (7 marked by EAI and the other 50 + identified by me as "possible" nests). We had already documented that 16 nests had hatched previous to the storm, but there doesn't seem much hope that the remaining nests will have surived. We have at least one more exceptionaly high tide this evening, so I'll try to get out again tomorrow morning to see what may be left! This storm created real devastation in regard to the sea turtle nests along our coast!
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