For the last couple of years I have been reading articles
and following on facebook the Terrapin nesting project. They need volunteers to
help and this summer I have the time to do just that. I went to the meeting
where Kathy Lacey, the women who founded this project explained just what we
needed to do. It seemed fairly simple, you walk up and down a few blocks of the
island looking for the female turtle or as Kathy calls them the “girls” to come
out of the Barnegat Bay to nest.
My first day I walked for an hour or so no turtles but it
was a nice walk along the bay. There is a schedule of times but really it is
when you have time.
The second day I went with some family members and we did
find 2 nests that had just been laid. One the eggs had already been eaten but
the other had a few in it. We got to save 6 eggs.
