Tortugas & Iguanas

Though the library has no windows the ocean is just outside the door.  If I step outside I can see the boats coming and going and hear the kids on the beach just out of sight around the bend.  Today we went up to the storage building to empty the dehumidifier and passed the turtles and iguanas having lunch in their enclosures as they do 3 times a week.  I think Erica timed so we would see the feeding.  On the way back we passed the nursery where the baby turtles are kept safe from predators and the hatchery.  The eggs are collected and brought to the CDF Research Station where they are incubated at 29.5 C/85 F to make females or 28 C/82.4 F to make male turtles. 

One of the big gold land iguanas was molting as we passed.  They are much prettier then the black marine iguanas but the marine iguanas in the wild are more fun to watch as they munch on the algae and swim around the dock.