Some of you might have seen the thread that I made just a few days ago. I posted pictures of sea turtle tracks and some nesting sites that my wife and I had found. We're on our honeymoon in St. Croix. Tonight we went on another search and had waaaaayyyyyyyy better luck this time! I'm not 100% sure but I think it's a Hawksbill Sea Turtle. We were both kind of in shock at first, staring at it with our flashlights still on. I didn't want to scare it back into the sea so we turned the lights off and stood quiet for a minute. Most of the pics are when she was making her way up to find a nest. After that we stood by close and watched as she found a spot. She made the nest out our sight but in the dark we could hear and see a ton of sand being flipped around. She was probably up there for about 20 minutes or so. As soon as she started to make her way back to the sea, we tried to take a few more pics. Some of the pics are bad because I was super excited and it was also really hard to see in the dark. There's also a short video I took of her as well!!! Enjoy!
My Wife Stephanie sitting next to the turtle
The one of the sand is the spot she chose to dig. I'm not 100% sure if she finished or not. If you look closely there's a metal bar underneath the bushes. All in all, she was probably digging/nesting for a good 20 minutes and we couldn't hear any movement for about 5 of those 20. After we took the pics we didn't want to disturb her anymore until she was headed back for the sea.
Here's the video:
Well I don't know how to embed it properly so this link will have to suffice.
http://youtu.be/94uwMSWRMLY
My Wife Stephanie sitting next to the turtle
The one of the sand is the spot she chose to dig. I'm not 100% sure if she finished or not. If you look closely there's a metal bar underneath the bushes. All in all, she was probably digging/nesting for a good 20 minutes and we couldn't hear any movement for about 5 of those 20. After we took the pics we didn't want to disturb her anymore until she was headed back for the sea.
Here's the video:
Well I don't know how to embed it properly so this link will have to suffice.
http://youtu.be/94uwMSWRMLY
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