The turtles are staying their courses. Beverly is a little bit further east. Asha continues to meander in and out of Canadian waters. And Christie is motoring south.
When we found Christie, she had flipper tags from Trinidad. Flipper tags are small metal tags that sea turtle researchers attach to turtles’ flippers as a way of identifying the animals. The tags have a code made up of numbers and letters on one side (ours start with CAN for “Canada”) and the research group’s mailing address on the other. Given her nesting history, we expect Christie is heading back to Trinidad for this year’s nesting season.
Beverly, too, had flipper tags from Trinidad. I wonder if she’ll eventually turn south to get there?
Leave a Comment
This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.
Beverly and Christie will surely head back to Trinidad. They were most likely born there.
Thanks for sharing Andy & Raymond.