We saw the turtles last night! It was sooooo cool!!
Well, that's what I should have gotten to say anyway. We went down last night to watch and the turtle patrol man informed us that the nest had hatched about 15 minutes after we left Tuesday night. We sat there for 3 hours and nothing happened... and then as soon as we leave, they hatch. *pouts* And then they told us that they excavate the nest 2 to 3 days later to get the stragglers out and they were going to do that tonight.
We do have another chance though, so we sat with the second nest til 11:15 last night. The turtle people left before we did. Nothing happened. Then, while we were walking back down the beach to our cottage, we passed the first nest (the one that hatched without us) and it had been dug out by a dog/fox type creature. So no excavation either.
Need I mention how horribly disappointed I'll be if we don't get to see SOME turtles?? *sniffle*
~Lizzie
Timothy's Twelfth Month!
5 years ago
1 random thoughts:
Aw man!!! How disappointing. BUT I have a plan. Actually, two plans.
1. Set up a surveilence (sp?) system...lots of cameras on poles, with their night vision on at night, and alarms attatched so nobody tries to steal them.
2. Dig holes in the sand for whoever wants to come, get in the hole bury yourself up to your eyeballs, and spy on the turtle nest. If they don't think you're there, maybe they will hatch.
Also, with both strategies, you may catch a glimpse at what those suspicious deer are doing out on the beach.
A third strategy could be letting Joel and David dress up as secret agents and making them keep watch by the turtle eggs 24/7, and then one of them running to come tell you guys...
Okay, this is getting long. Just a few...suggestions...
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