I started swimming the net and saw a large green turtle with 2 remoras under it get tangled toward the bottom of the net. I started pulling up the net to lift the turtle and then swam down to try to bring the very heavy and frantically flailing turtle up to the surface.
After adjusting to our new sleeping hours, we all woke up bright and early and full of pep for another hike to Brava and Resaca beaches. Although there were still no new turtle nests, theContinue reading
Today we spent our first full day on Culebra Island, Puerto Rico! At 5:45 am. we woke up bright and early to begin our daily beach patrols. Half the group, fully clad in closed toedContinue reading
Today was an exciting day full of travel! We all arrived safely in San Juan, Puerto Rico by noon after an early-morning start. We greeted each other at the airport, and then we hopped intoContinue reading
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
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
