MOVING RIGHT ALONG!

The photo map of sea turtle nests in this posting shows the approximate location of 36 sea turtle nests along our stretch of beach.  The 23 nests designated with a white "pin" on the map show where the 23 documented nests are as identified by the Environmental Associates, Inc. (EAI) crew.  The remaining 13 nests identified by this writer as "possible" sea turtle nests are designated with a red "pin" on the map.  EAI personnel ride up and down the designated beaches every day during the "season" (usually March - November) and typically mark only one out of every 12 nests, or one out of every 24 nests, that they find.  This writer, on the other hand, not only includes the ones that EAI officially mark, but also includes all "possible" nests, as identified by the "turtle crawl" marks left in the sand as the sea turtle comes out of the ocean and seeks a place to lay her eggs - it's usually a "U" shaped crawl out of the water, up to a point on the beach where the nest is dug and the eggs are laid, and then another crawl down the other side of the "U" and back into the water.