For 25 years, Mary Nelson was affectionately referred to by Marco Islanders as the Sea Turtle Lady. And for those 25 years, Mary has been monitoring the sea turtles on Marco Island. On Sunday, June 23rd, she was back on the beach with one of the newer members of the Sea Turtle monitors, Jeanene Jewett, (aka JJ). For this week, monitors have been busy recording false crawls. There was an average of 2.6 false crawls per nest during the week of June 18-24th.
What happens when water reaches those nests is a commonly asked question by beach walkers. Those eggs incubate, buried in the sand for six to eight weeks. According to sea turtle experts, while it is hard to see the results of overwash and inundation on sea turtle nests, prolonged submersion from tidal inundation or storm surges can cause embryonic mortality. If submerged too long, the eggs essentially drown. On Marco we have several nests that are scheduled to hatch early to mid-July and the sea turtle monitors are keeping a close watch.
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