Photos Of “Windy” The Winds Sea Turtle!!

The Winds signed up to sponsor a nest this year and held a contest to “Name Our Turtle”. The winning name was “Windy”

Windy came ashore the night of June 28th and laid a nest full of 86 eggs!!!!

Gloria Hillenburg, Coordinator of the Ocean Isle Beach Turtle Patrol,  says that 50 days from that date they will begin to watch for a ‘boil over’ or mass hatching to begin and usually they hatch around the 55th day. However if the hot weather continues they could hatch as early as 49 – 50 days from being laid.

These photos are actually of Windy heading back out to sea after digging her nest in the sand, laying her eggs and then covering them up to protect them.

The photos were taken by the the Zvoch family from Michigan who were visiting Ocean Isle Beach on vacation. We’d like to thank them for sharing these incredible photos with us!

Click here to watch a video of a live sea turtle at Ocean Isle Beach