Last Wednesday, without audience, the first known group of leatherback hatchlings in Bald Head Island's history boiled out of their nest and crawled toward the ocean. The one-of-a-kind flipper tracks were the only evidence.
Maureen Dewire, senior naturalist at the Bald Head Island Conservancy, was a little let down. It was a first for Bald Head Island, and she was thrilled it happened. But she wanted to witness it. So did the interns who had gritted their teeth during the nest's two-month development.
But Saturday night, while Dewire and her interns excavated the nest, a surprise surfaced.
"All of our disappointment from missing the hatching was washed away when we found one live baby in the nest last night," she said Sunday morning. The group watched and took pictures as the hatchling pushed its way toward the ocean.
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