On behalf of the Sea Turtle Protection Team here at the BHI Conservancy, I wanted to personally send out a resounding THANK YOU to the entire island for responding to our call for action last weekend. After we posted about keeping our beaches dark, they are the darkest they have been all season! There have been ZERO problems with mis-oriented hatchlings, and all have made it safely to the water! THANK YOU, THANK YOU,... Read More
In early July the Conservancy’s Sea Turtle Protection Team (STPT) applied a satellite tag to one of our Legacy Turtles, Scarlett, in collaboration with Dr. Simona Ceriani from the Florida Fish & Wildlife Research Institute. Scarlett has been nesting on BHI since June 28 th, 2010, when she was first observed nesting on East Beach near access 42. This is the second time Scarlett has been satellite tagged in an... Read More
Sandwich terns are a medium tern species that are white and grey with a shaggy, black crest. They also have a signature bill coloration of a black bill with a yellow tip. A good way to remember them is that they look like they dipped their bills in yellow mustard! The oldest known Sandwich tern was recorded here on BHI! It was originally banded at Kure Beach in 1988, making the bird when it was found about 31 years old!... Read More
