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Tuesday, July 26, 2016

NMB Nest #7

Annette called early,  I have a large turtle crawl in front of my building.  Someone was out around 4AM shining lights into the dunes, but I could not see a turtle.  Waiting anxiously for daylight....


YES.........Turtle made an Awareness Symbol, crossing her incoming
crawl as she crawled back to the water




She crawled parallel to the dunes a short distance



Before climbing up  a low dune, but she did not stop 


She plowed through a sand fence, coming out on the other side


Down a little ways and nested. egg cavity was found under pulled up vegetation, very well hidden


She then crawled further into the vegetation of the dune


Before turning south, crawling through thick vegetation


Coming out in the walkway from the High Rise


Heading back to the water


Looking for eggs






YES....This one for DNA


Moving the nest to a darker location
No hatchlings would find their way out of this dune sysytem




New Location, New egg chamber






NMB Nest #7

2 comments:

  1. Wow. She worked so hard for her babies! She had to be a big mamma to plow through the fence.

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