On Aug. 2, the Terrapin Nesting Project posted an update to its Facebook page,facebook.com/TNP25, noting: “It has started! The babies have started to hatch.” August is the busiest hatch time for diamondback terrapin eggs, and volunteers regularly check nesting sites on Long Beach Island’s north end. If they spot a baby that’s hatched, they alert TNP founder/director Kathy Lacey or one of the group’s other members, who are certified to handle the turtles.
A number of volunteers are leaving LBI as summer winds down, but terrapin eggs will continue to hatch until around the…
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