Leatherback Turtles – Turtles of Todos Santos, BCS

Photo Via Topix

Photo Via Topix

Turtle nesting season begins in September and October in the Todos Santos area generally.  Last year the first nestings were spotted at the end of October:  Please don’t drive on the beaches!  This is one of the last pesticide free nesting ranges in the world for Caray, Leatherback, and Olive Ridley sea turtles.

If you are interested in helping protect turtles in the Todos Santos area please vist : http://www.todostortugueros.org/

Some interesting facts concerning Leatherback Turtles.

• A leatherback’s favorite food is jellyfish. They even have a special notch in their beak to help puncture the man-o-war jellyfish.
• Leatherbacks lay eggs the size of billiard balls and SAGs. SAGs are not eggs; they are smaller and have shell and albumen but not yolk
• The temperature in the nest determines if a hatchling will be male or female
• A leatherback’s shell is covered by a leathery skin
• The “tears” that turtles “cry” are just their way of shedding excess salt

For more information about leatherback turtles visit http://www.leatherback.org/ldc/pg/aboutturtles.htm

Birds of Baja

Small Doves, half the size of the morning doves in Bend.

Large Doves, three times the size of the Morning doves in Bend.

 

Bobcat

This bobcat was sitting on the side of the road over on the east cape side when we happened upon it.  It just ran about 10 feet off the road and sat and looked at us for a few seconds and Tracy took these shots.

Bobcat link for more info.