Sarah's crew in Costa Rica patrol the beaches (much as we do in Gulf Shores) looking for turtle tracks, or often, in their case, watching the sea turtles lay their eggs. Once the mother leaves the nest, eggs are swiftly recovered and moved to a fenced in area where they are guarded against poachers. Here the eggs are carefully set into a new nest dug with similar dimensions as the original. An extra circular fence is wrapped around each individual nest, as you may note in the photo. The new nest is then watched and information is recorded. This large fenced in area may house several hundred nests at one time !!!!
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