Sea Turtle Nests

This is a single turtle nest

After seeing the sea turtles in Upper Narragansett Bay I have become very interested in them. I did a little research and found out where they nests.I took a nature walk to see some. I was hoping to see one building a nest, but knew my chances were remote. Finding the nests was very easy. They are protected from predators the same way piping plover nests are. When researchers find a new nest they wrap a metal fence around it to protect it from predators. I got some pictures of the nests. I can only imagine how incredible it must be to watch them hatch and help them make it to the shoreline.

This is a breeder box. Some of the nests are dug up and put into this box for protection