Georgetown, Ascension Island 2009-05-07
Last night we got an early night. The smallest of the five female green turtles (109 cm carapace length) got her transmitter attached while laying her eggs at Long Beach already at 22.00h. The beach was busy already by then and I could see the sand in the air by several digging females. They did not seem to be so worried about our presence, so I guess they were eager to get done with I all and thereafter leave the Island, as two of our turtles with GPS tags now have done. Some scattered hatchlings were aiming for the sea and the sea was much calmer than two nights ago.
Yesterday afternoon we had a walk to one of the ridges reaching east of the Island, and from there we had an excellent view of the Boatsman’s Island where all the frigate birds and other seas birds, like tropic birds, masked and brown boobies are breeding. On the top I could see the high numbers of frigate birds on their nests, while on the sides the boobies and tropic birds were having their nests. Fairy terns were flying by us at our viewpoint, aiming for the trees uphill Green Mountain where they nest at tree branches and on steep slopes.
Last news – flight delayed due to difficulties to land on The Falklands. They have snow down there. Hard to imagine when the temperature reaches +30 degrees C.
/Susanne
Last night we got an early night. The smallest of the five female green turtles (109 cm carapace length) got her transmitter attached while laying her eggs at Long Beach already at 22.00h. The beach was busy already by then and I could see the sand in the air by several digging females. They did not seem to be so worried about our presence, so I guess they were eager to get done with I all and thereafter leave the Island, as two of our turtles with GPS tags now have done. Some scattered hatchlings were aiming for the sea and the sea was much calmer than two nights ago.
Yesterday afternoon we had a walk to one of the ridges reaching east of the Island, and from there we had an excellent view of the Boatsman’s Island where all the frigate birds and other seas birds, like tropic birds, masked and brown boobies are breeding. On the top I could see the high numbers of frigate birds on their nests, while on the sides the boobies and tropic birds were having their nests. Fairy terns were flying by us at our viewpoint, aiming for the trees uphill Green Mountain where they nest at tree branches and on steep slopes.
Last news – flight delayed due to difficulties to land on The Falklands. They have snow down there. Hard to imagine when the temperature reaches +30 degrees C.
/Susanne
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