Day 10: Wednesday, April 22 Today we drove over to the easternmost point of the island of St. Croix and of the United States. It was quite different from the western part of the island,Continue reading
For the past few days, we have been lucky enough to have guest lectures from experienced professionals involved in many aspects of turtle work. Mike Evans from the Sandy Point National Wildlife Refuge, Zandy Hillis-StarrContinue reading
I’m laying on my stomach in the sand, arms outstretched, reaching and catching a leatherback’s eggs as she lays them. The power is out on the entire island, so I’ve never seen so many starsContinue reading
After a night of patrolling for turtles on the beach (1 successful lay, 1 false crawl, and 1 turtle who didn’t seem to quite know what she was doing), I dragged myself out of bedContinue reading
Today we said goodbye to Isla Culebra, excited for the adventures to come in St. Croix. At 5:15 this morning we loaded our suitcases into the Jeep and grabbed some pastries from a local shopContinue reading
We started the day off a little differently. Instead of doing beach patrols of Brava and Resca, we prepared to spend the day in the water at the Luís Peña marine reserve. A few ofContinue reading
Sure, that’s the usual phrase, but when you wake up before the sun rises it’s not necessarily a saying you might use. Instead, at 5:30am we are woken up by a light knock on ourContinue reading
Hola from Culebra! 5:30 came bright and early for our group of student as we awoke to a mixture of roosters crowing and gentle knocks on our doors by our two professors. Our first taskContinue reading
“Crap,” I thought, “I’m going to be stuck completely alone in a place that’s 100% unknown to me with people of a completely different culture and a completely different language.” Commence phase one: the why-is-the-world-against-me-I’m-all-alone-what-do-I-doContinue reading
13 April 2015 The first day of the field portion of our Biology and Conservation of Sea Turtles class began early on Monday, with everyone catching flights from New Bern airport or RDU first thingContinue reading
