ASSOCIATION
We love sea turtles!
All residents and visitors to the island are invited to watch sea turtle hatchings! Please be respectful of the turtles and follow the tips listed below. Hatching times are unpredictable, so come prepared to wait!
Did you know that North Carolinaâs very own
loggerhead sea turtles are an endangered species?
Tips for helping the loggerheads:
⢠ Turn off all outdoor lights at night. The lights
distract the baby turtles, leading them
to homes rather than to the sea.
⢠ Donât disturb turtle nests. Volunteers mark all known nests on the island, and the nests are protected by the City of Sandpiper Beach, Ordinance No. 17.2:1â4.
⢠ Spread the word! Let others know about
the sea turtles and how to protect them.
⢠ Alert the Sandpiper Beach Volunteer Sea Turtle Association immediately (910-555-1772) if you see a new nest or if an existing nest has been disturbed.
Fun Facts about the Loggerhead Sea Turtle!
⢠ We can live up to 67 years old! Thatâs over
four times longer than your pet dog or cat.
⢠ Yum! Shellfish are our favorite food.
⢠ We can grow up to 3 1 / 2 feet long.
⢠ One turtle can make an average of 4 nests
in a season. Each nest has between 100 and
126 eggs. Thatâs a lot of turtle babies!
⢠ Our two biggest fears: commercial fishing gear
and coastal development. But weâre not
afraid of the darkâwe love it!
Come to the Sandpiper Beach Visitorâs Center in the square for more information about the Sea Turtle Volunteers.
Lauren
dishearten verb -
to cause to lose confidence or determination
Use in a sentence:
I feel disheartened about everything I thought I could do, even though I planned it all out so carefully.
I am in what Mom would call A Mood. Since I turned twelve, she seems to expect me to be in A Mood all the time. She always asks me if Iâm in A Mood when really Iâm just reasonably annoyed or mad about something. Which I guess I am now, too, but the annoyed and mad feelings are stretching out way beyond the thing that caused them.
âThose baby turtles could outwalk you, Lo,â Becca calls from up ahead. She and Vi and Sadie are already at the sea-turtle nest and setting up their chairs.
âIâm . . . coming . . . ,â I growl. The beach chair bumps against my legs, and my water bottle is slipping out of my hands, and I keep dropping my jacket.
Fun. This is supposed to be fun. I am officially in my Fun Time right now. And it would be, if I wasnât in A Mood. But I canât stop worrying about whether Iâm making the most of all my different slots of time. Especially the ones Iâve labeled âstudyingâ and âhomework.â
I huff and puff the last few feet to the turtle nest. My friends are already sitting in a neat row next to some other people from town. The chairs line each side of the narrow length of sand the turtle volunteers have smoothed out to make it easier for the baby loggerheads to crawl to the ocean.
A little flutter of something happy tickles my insides. I havenât actually seen a single turtle hatching this year, mostly because Iâve been too busy with RSVP. When I was younger, Mom and Dad would let me, Zach, and Josh stay up late at least one night each year to watch a hatching. This is one of the last nests on the island that hasnât hatched yet, and word is that it will probably happen tonight. No matter what kind of mood Iâm in, Iâm not about to let this be the first year I donât see a turtle hatching.
âSâmores cookies, anyone?â Vi uncovers a container and passes it down the line. Becca takes three and hands the container to me.
âIâm not hungry.â I pass it back to Becca.
She blinks at me. Sadieâs head pops out around her.
âAre you sick?â Vi asks.
âSheâs been Lady
We love sea turtles!
All residents and visitors to the island are invited to watch sea turtle hatchings! Please be respectful of the turtles and follow the tips listed below. Hatching times are unpredictable, so come prepared to wait!
Did you know that North Carolinaâs very own
loggerhead sea turtles are an endangered species?
Tips for helping the loggerheads:
⢠ Turn off all outdoor lights at night. The lights
distract the baby turtles, leading them
to homes rather than to the sea.
⢠ Donât disturb turtle nests. Volunteers mark all known nests on the island, and the nests are protected by the City of Sandpiper Beach, Ordinance No. 17.2:1â4.
⢠ Spread the word! Let others know about
the sea turtles and how to protect them.
⢠ Alert the Sandpiper Beach Volunteer Sea Turtle Association immediately (910-555-1772) if you see a new nest or if an existing nest has been disturbed.
Fun Facts about the Loggerhead Sea Turtle!
⢠ We can live up to 67 years old! Thatâs over
four times longer than your pet dog or cat.
⢠ Yum! Shellfish are our favorite food.
⢠ We can grow up to 3 1 / 2 feet long.
⢠ One turtle can make an average of 4 nests
in a season. Each nest has between 100 and
126 eggs. Thatâs a lot of turtle babies!
⢠ Our two biggest fears: commercial fishing gear
and coastal development. But weâre not
afraid of the darkâwe love it!
Come to the Sandpiper Beach Visitorâs Center in the square for more information about the Sea Turtle Volunteers.
Lauren
dishearten verb -
to cause to lose confidence or determination
Use in a sentence:
I feel disheartened about everything I thought I could do, even though I planned it all out so carefully.
I am in what Mom would call A Mood. Since I turned twelve, she seems to expect me to be in A Mood all the time. She always asks me if Iâm in A Mood when really Iâm just reasonably annoyed or mad about something. Which I guess I am now, too, but the annoyed and mad feelings are stretching out way beyond the thing that caused them.
âThose baby turtles could outwalk you, Lo,â Becca calls from up ahead. She and Vi and Sadie are already at the sea-turtle nest and setting up their chairs.
âIâm . . . coming . . . ,â I growl. The beach chair bumps against my legs, and my water bottle is slipping out of my hands, and I keep dropping my jacket.
Fun. This is supposed to be fun. I am officially in my Fun Time right now. And it would be, if I wasnât in A Mood. But I canât stop worrying about whether Iâm making the most of all my different slots of time. Especially the ones Iâve labeled âstudyingâ and âhomework.â
I huff and puff the last few feet to the turtle nest. My friends are already sitting in a neat row next to some other people from town. The chairs line each side of the narrow length of sand the turtle volunteers have smoothed out to make it easier for the baby loggerheads to crawl to the ocean.
A little flutter of something happy tickles my insides. I havenât actually seen a single turtle hatching this year, mostly because Iâve been too busy with RSVP. When I was younger, Mom and Dad would let me, Zach, and Josh stay up late at least one night each year to watch a hatching. This is one of the last nests on the island that hasnât hatched yet, and word is that it will probably happen tonight. No matter what kind of mood Iâm in, Iâm not about to let this be the first year I donât see a turtle hatching.
âSâmores cookies, anyone?â Vi uncovers a container and passes it down the line. Becca takes three and hands the container to me.
âIâm not hungry.â I pass it back to Becca.
She blinks at me. Sadieâs head pops out around her.
âAre you sick?â Vi asks.
âSheâs been Lady
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