In September, Leon and Julian stayed a couple days with us at the beach.  John and Leon went out to walk the beach each morning to see what changed.  The first day, we saw tracks where a sea turtle had come ashore to lay her eggs.  The Turtle Patrol had just been there to mark the nest.  The second day we saw something very special.  The Turtle Patrol was digging up a nest that had been destroyed by a coyote, and they were surprised to discover some undisturbed eggs and a bunch of baby turtles who had hatched but had not emerged from the nest.  While Leon kept watch to make sure no seagulls were approaching, the volunteers released the baby turtles and guided them to the surf.  We hope they grow up and come back to lay eggs on our beach.

Digging up the disturbed nest

Carefully leading them to the surf — while guarding from seagulls