¡Hola!
Perdón la falta de información durante las últimas semanas,
no es que no estamos trabajando si no que estamos trabajando tanto que no
encontramos tiempo para escribir!
Sorry for the lack of posts over the last few weeks. I am so busy that I have not found time to write!
Sorry for the lack of posts over the last few weeks. I am so busy that I have not found time to write!
Estamos en la etapa de abrir los campamentos tortugueros
para la temporada alta de anidación de tortugas golfinas. Esperemos una
temporada de anidación exitosa y mandamos saludos a todos los campamentos
tortugueros del Pacifico oriental quienes andan trabajando para el
sobrevivencia de estas seres increíbles.
Aquí en el norte de Jalisco y Nayarit, México todo va bien.
Ya llegaron las primeras hembras golfinas y los viveros de incubación comienzan
a llenar. Ahora con la llegada de las lluvias todo va a poner aun mejor.
We (Red Tortuguera) are
opening the sea turtle protection camps for the main Olive Ridley turtle
nesting season. We hope that this will be a very successful nesting season and
we would like to send good wishes for a successful season to all the other sea
turtle conservation projects in the East Pacific working for the survival of these
incredible animals. Here in the north of Jalisco and Nayarit, Mexico we are off
to a good start. The first female Olive Ridleys are arriving to nest and our
hatcheries are beginning to fill up. Now that the rainy season has arrived
thing will only get busier!
Como novedad en el nuevo proyecto de conservación “Careyeros”
en Punta de Mita las primeras crías eclosionaron hace un par de semanas… y en vez
de golfina fueron tortuguitas negras.
On a different note: at the new sea turtle protection project "Careyeros" on Punta de Mita the first turtles hatched a few weeks ago.....and instead of Olive Ridley they were Black sea turtles!
On a different note: at the new sea turtle protection project "Careyeros" on Punta de Mita the first turtles hatched a few weeks ago.....and instead of Olive Ridley they were Black sea turtles!
Foto 1: Tortuguitas negra: Punta de Mita, Nayarit./ black turtle hatchlings: Punta de Mita.
Foto 2: Tortuguitas negras eclosionando "in situ" (incubación natural)/ Black turtles hatching from a natural nest
¿Y como va Jaltemba la tortuga carey juvenil? EXCELENTE,
esta semana fui a Guasave, Sinaloa y me sorprendí con su progreso. Ya recupero la
agilidad en el agua y come muchísimo. Sabe pelar Jaiba (cangrejos) y encanta
comer calamar. Esta subiendo de peso pero todavía falta unos kilos. Estamos
pensando que va a estar lista para regresar a la Bahía de Jaltemba, Nayarit en
medianos de julio.
How is Jaltemba the juvenile
turtle doing? Extremely well! This week I went to Guasave, Sinaloa and I was surprised
at the progress she has made in such a short time. She is now very agile in the
water and eats allot. She knows how to open the crabs she is fed and loves
calamari. She has gained weight but still needs to gain a few more kilos before
she is released in the Bay of Jaltemba in mid July.
Foto 3: Jaltemba
Foto 4: Jaltemba la carey juvenil, ya falta poco para su liberación al mar/ Jaltema the juvenile hawksbill, soon to be released
Foto 5: Jaltemba en rehabilitacion/ Jaltemba in rehabilitation