| Category: NRID | Photo Title: | FOMA: Fort Macon State Park |
| File Name: [pid 5421] | Original File Size: 2304 x 3072 pixels | |
| Photographer: Newman, Randy & Merritt, Jody | Date photo taken: 2007-06-10 | |
| Group: REPTILE | Order: TESTUDINES | Family: CHELONIIDAE |
| SciName: Caretta caretta | ComName: Loggerhead Sea Turtle | Also available in sizes up to 2304 x 3072
| Comment: Tracks from hatchlings emergence from nest. Protected wire screening is visible over nest cavity. The wire helps prevent most mammalian disturbance to the nest and hatchling emergence is not affected if the proper wire and methods are used. |
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 Photo 21 FOMA Turtle egg sliced open by a Fox's claw. |  Photo 22 FOMA |  Photo 23 FOMA Nest erosion caused by Hurricane Bill on August 22, 2009 Protective wire was washed away during storm. Wire can be seen at base of dune on right side of photo. |  Photo 24 FOMA Nest erosion caused by Hurricane Bill on August 23, 2009. Turtle egg can be observed on surface. |
 Photo 25 FOMA Nest |  Photo 26 FOMA Turtle Crawl on Beaufort Inlet approximately 100 yards across the beach |  Photo 27 FOMA Loggerhead Tracks. Fort Macon in background. |  Photo 28 FOMA Park beaches are patrolled daily by Division employees to locate and protect sea turtle nest. |
 Photo 29 FOMA Nest dug up by Fox. |  Photo 30 FOMA |  Photo 31 FOMA |  Photo 32 FOMA First nest of 2015, and was found on inlet beach. |
 Photo 33 FOMA Ranger Ben Fleming relocating a Loggerhead nest from an area known to be susceptible to erosion. Participants in the Park's JR Ranger Program assisting and being educated about the life history of the Loggerhead turtle by Ranger Flemming. |  Photo 34 FOMA Ranger Ben Fleming relocating a Loggerhead nest from an area known to be susceptible to erosion. Participants in the Park's JR Ranger Program assisting and being educated about the life history of the Loggerhead Turtle by Ranger Flemming |  Photo 35 FOMA Nest 15-006 |  Photo 36 FOMA Nest 15-006. What an awesome job we Rangers have. |
 Photo 37 FOMA 2nd place people in parks category 2015 Superintendents Conference Photography Contest |  Photo 38 FOMA 6 Live Hatchlings from Nest 1 2016 FOMA |  Photo 39 FOMA Polaris and Loggerhead Tracks for Nest 2 2016- FOMA |  Photo 40 FOMA Polaris and Nest 2 2016 Marked |
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