Sea Turtle Info

[organicmama]

I have lamented the large shovels on these pages in the past. I had intentions of speaking to store owners on 30A but have not gotten it done.

I will offer free advertising on SoWal.com and mountains of great PR and good will to any store who contacts me and lets me know they will discontinue selling the large shovels. I have no doubt that the amount of profit lost in not selling them will be made up many times over by the people reading about them here.

That's what makes SoWal.com so great! Thanks, Kurt!

 

[greenroomsurfer]

That's a no brainer, we never ordered them to begin with. What's next dynamite instead of ladyfingers?

 

[Smiling JOe]

Stores will not lose out on sales from not carrying the big large plastic shovels. People will buy whatever cheap beach crap they can get. Carry the small (hand-sized) shovels, and people will buy them and make smaller holes. People will dig regardless, because that is just what people do. Give them small tools and they will builder smaller things.

 

[30A Skunkape]

I heard that a Loggerhead nest was discovered in Carillon Beach yesterday. The turtle tracks demonstrated that the egg laying turtle ran into a beach chair as she made her way to the base of a dune to lay her eggs. It appears the nest is OK and the chair didn't screw anything up, but this is a huge wake-up call

 

[kathydwells]

I heard that a Loggerhead nest was discovered in Carillon Beach yesterday. The turtle tracks demonstrated that the egg laying turtle ran into a beach chair as she made her way to the base of a dune to lay her eggs. It appears the nest is OK and the chair didn't screw anything up, but this is a huge wake-up call

Hopefully the babies will survive and be able to get back to the ocean without running into any SH**!!!!!!!!!!

 

[BeachSiO2]

I see where Sowal has had 2 nests and 1 false crawl (as of May 31). Hopefully the nests will be 30+ this year.

 

[30A Skunkape]

Good news/bad news. I found the South Walton turtle watch website. Link:http://www.seaturtlewatch.com/info.html

Here is a photo that shows the turtle tracks going SMACK DAB INTO A TENT SOME KNUCKLEHEAD LEFT ON THE BEACH OVERNIGHT!

 

[NotDeadYet]

The running into obstacles has been going on here for years, also lighting disorientations of both adult nesters and hatchlings. What is truly shocking is the decline in nest numbers over the years. I personally do not believe there are enough nests to sustain the population, but I do hope I am wrong.
Thanks, Skunky, for caring and posting info here.

 

[greenroomsurfer]

Look like that home owner is in direct violation of the endangered species act. Read them their Right and lock them up!!!

 

[greenroomsurfer]

I'll be the first one to bring it up, but the remove it or lose it the Sea walls or beach armoring and the turtles have a direct correlation with each other. Hummm me thinks the County is gonna be in some real super deep ****e here real soon. Me also thinks the County Attorney may exit real soon!!! Lets see what happens. Mr BeachSio ya better call me fast.