Tonight we were able to see about twenty loggerhead turtle hatchlings make their way out to sea. The Park Rangers at Cape Hatteras National Seashore in Okracoke were able to gather up the turtles early in the morning for a presentation at sunset. They monitor the beaches daily for new nests and then mark them with stakes to keep them safe. I believe the ranger said that it takes about two months for the hatchlings to emerge. We were told that it isn’t often they get to gather the hatchlings for a presentation because much of the time when they check the nests, all that is found are the hatched eggs.
We were happy to see how the Rangers took great care and placed the little hatchlings on the beach so they could make their way out to sea, swimming about twenty miles to the Gulf Stream. Such tiny creatures making their way into such a vast body of water…we were so glad that we got to see it!
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