The "scout" emerged at 6 p.m. Around 7 p.m., 3 more hatchlings emerged and sat atop the nest for about an hour. Just after dark there was a small "boil" and 58 vigorous hatchlings trucked on down the trench to sea. Because the moon was bright and the Gulf clear, we could see the babies get the hang of swimming and take off like shooting stars, an *awesome* sight in the true sense of the word. Sometime after 9 p.m., 76 hatchlings made the trek to sea with only 1 slowpoke, which Priscilla coddled all the way along the long crawl. Once making water this last baby also swam off powerfully.
We welcome WBB homeowners Michael and Julie Reilly to our Turtle Family.
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