Rare olive ridley turtle nests on California beach for first time

Summarised from 3 outlets · Updated 24 Sept, 04:44 · Archive

An olive ridley sea turtle has laid eggs on a southern California beach in a nesting event described as a first for the region.

A female olive ridley turtle was spotted nesting on Huntington Beach last weekend, with beachgoers witnessing the rare occurrence. Scientists are investigating whether this represents a one-off event or the beginning of a trend, with Noaa's Justin Viezbicke noting that there could be additional undiscovered nests.

How it is being reported

• How eggs-citing! Rare sea turtle makes history as beachgoers spot her two nestsFootage shows the creature rummaging amidst the sand in an attempt to keep her eggs warm before scuttling back to the sea.Daily Mail · 24 Sept, 02:10
• In a first, olive ridley turtles spotted nesting on California’s beachesScientists are questioning whether the nestings on Seal and Huntington Beach were freak occurrences or start of a trend A sea turtle crawled out of the surf in southern California last weekend around sunset and started laying eggs in the sand. People on Huntington Beach who saw the female olive ridley sea turtle were shocked and excited. And they weren’t the only ones freaking out, said Justin Viezbicke, the California stranding coordinator for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (Noaa). Continue reading...The Guardian · 23 Sept, 22:05
• Rare sea turtle lays eggs on OC beach for first time in history as experts monitor ‘abnormal behavior’"There is potential there could be other nests we do not know about.”New York Post · 23 Sept, 00:10

In this story: Huntington Beach · Seal Beach · California · Noaa · Justin Viezbicke

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