posted: July 4, 2020, 12:27 PM
Our morning rider today found two "false crawls" on this holiday morning. A false crawl is when a mother turtle comes onto the beach but does not dig a nest or deposit eggs. The rider reports seeing a mother heading back into the water at sunrise, it appears she was frightened by people and dogs on the beach and did not dig a nest. Hopefully she'll come back tonight --she may possibly go to another beach---and this batch of eggs will not be lost. Please remember that loud noises and bright lights can disorient a mother turtle when the come on shore. Fireworks on the beach can frighten a mother turtle.