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| Egg clutch found! |
Our 1st Hawksbill nest at Banyan tree
beach or Intendance beach had to be relocated the due to the high tide that was
reaching up to the egg clutch area. This was my 1st time ever doing nest
relocation, digging to find the exact area where the eggs was laid can sometimes take few trials until you
find it. I got lucky by finding the exact area where the Hawksbill layed its
eggs.
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| Vanessa explains correct handling of the eggs |
The whole team worked together to make this possible, one holding
the umbrella so that the eggs does not get direct sunligth, two
carefully removing the eggs from the nest, and the other two were digging a
new hole for the nest area that we all thought was safe enough from the high tide.
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| Rebecca and Vanessa carefully removing the eggs |
We also
had some little fun by playing a guessing game about how many eggs we thought the turtle layed, no one got the exact number but Alex got his guess close
enough, so basically he won, by his prediction of 160 eggs and Vanessa had predicted some close enough digits with 143! The actual amount of eggs was 153. We were all
happy with the job well done, and can’t wait to hopefully see the hatchlings come out and
start their adventure in this big world.
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| Vanessa 'lays' the eggs in its new location |
