We're officially at halfway through the season, and the numbers are in!  So far we've had

54 Nesting turtles
157 Nests laid
12 Neophytes (new turtles to the project) tagged
and approximately 23,500 eggs deposited on the beach!

Hatchling season is currently going full tilt, and there are very few nights where we don't see little herds of baby turtles streaming down the beach.  Our nesting moms are slowing down a bit, but we just had a new turtle show up this week so for now JBHP is still going strong.

Ororo

It was a wild and crazy night last night here at JBHP.  Tropical storm Isaac decided to pay us a visit, and with waves up to 4 feet and wind gusts over 30mph it was looking like it would be a quiet one.  Instead, 5 different turtles stopped by to say hello!  The first of the night, WH5644, has been named Ororo after this lovely lady: Ororo Munroe

We'll post a season update soon!

Charlie