DISCLAIMER: The work for protected Sea Turtles is authorized by the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission.

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The volunteers of Ocean Isle Beach are in the dozens and dozens – from walking the beach looking for

“TURTLE TRACKS” to riding an ATV along the beach and dunes looking for the distinctive large

Tractor Tire coming up out of the water – then turning around and heading back to the water.

Thus – leaving buried her nest – to be found by these said volunteers who then put in place

protections to ensure the nest is safe!

The nest has been protected against predators and here – on day number 55 – the nest watchers gather

at 7PM. every night – to 11 PM. until the baby turtles have hatched.

In this picture – the top covering has been rolled back and a miro-phone buried eight inches and covered up close to the nest.

We now are listening for activity inside the nest to give us a better idea of when to expect the turtles to hatch and emerge.

You can see the yellow line running away from the nest down to a speaker set up for listening.

As team members watch – 10 members to each team – the leader prepares to bury the microphone.

Soon the yellow wire is to be run back to where the team members have their chairs set up behind the rope-off area.

The roped-off area with team chairs and the ramp for the baby turtles extends all the way to the water.

This whole process on OIB is done by volunteers – there are currently 28 nests and each will require a team consisting of 10 members!

They are continually educating the public and children who are fascinated by this process.

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PAPA’S WORLD – PREPARING SEA TURTLE NEST FOR WATCHING!