Barb and I saw 38 turtles come out of a nest and dash for the ocean last night.
From the first stirrings of the sand until the dash was about an hour. The nest was about 50 feet to the surf and once they got going it took about 10 minutes for them get wet.
Lots of onlookers and volunteers to keep photographers, birds and the curious from disturbing the march to the sea.
It was like a horror movie as all the turtles came out of the hole at one time. The hole was about 4 inches across.
Turtles were about an inch and a half across, with one inch flippers.
There are over 130 nests on oak island this year, a bumper crop.
Next nest is two days later than this one.
A highlight of the trip so far.
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