Sea turtle nesting on Georgia’s coast off last year’s pace
As the sea turtle nesting season winds down along Georgia’s coast, the number of nests appears to have dropped by about 21 percent compared to this time last year, according to preliminary data compiled by seaturtle.org.
The decline in nesting patterns also appears in the number of false crawls that have been observed. False crawls are noted when a turtle track on the beach shows the turtle had left the ocean, headed up the beach, and made a U-turn to return to the ocean.
To date this year, 1,515 false crawls have been observed. This compares to 2,021 false crawls observed during the same period of 2017, according to records kept by seaturtle.org.
It’s not likely the number of nests of any turtle species will rebound in August…
Predators have presented a major threat to sea turtle nests this year. The list of animals is startling, in that it speaks to the array of species with which humans share the coastline.
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Photo from Georgia Wildlife Resources Division.
