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Just before 6:00 a.m., about three miles into my patrol, I came across a false crawl of a loggerhead sea turtle. Something must have frightened her away, or perhaps she didn't like the look of the area where she came ashore.
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You can tell which way she was going by the tracks of her flippers as they pushed back the sand, slowing pulling her large body back into the water.
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It's not uncommon for the tracks to ramble around, but not this one. She left behind a perfect half circle.
Maybe tomorrow a nest will be found!
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