What the turtle patrol does (and back in my day it was a rather informal process by largely a group of interested people) is you walk your section of beach each morning from about March till July which is laying season. We have mostly loggerheads here. The tracks leading to the nest are easily seen which is then marked with the yellow tape and the date noted. Of note, the turtles only lay about every 10 years and return to the same stretch of beach where they hatched. If you see the herculean effort required for this large turtle to crawl up on the beach, dig the nest, lay the eggs, and return to the sea, you would perhaps appreciate why it takes 10 years for them to rest up. From about May to September, you then check those nests that are due to hatch (about 60-65 days after laying.) They mostly emerge about dusk. We would make sure they would make it safely to the water with minimal or no touching of the babies. As I mentioned, emerging from the nest is a group effort. The turtles on top move the sand downward to the babies under them which do the same. So they come out as a group, nearly all at once. A single or few turtles could not make it out. So after they stop emerging, we would dig the nest and most often find a few stragglers which would have otherwise have died and we would help them out. Because a lot of the action is evening or night, lights on the beach are discouraged because it results in disorientation of both mom laying and babies finding the water which at night is the brightest spot. But my question still remains…….who choose turtle care as a potential issue for sonography WRMSD’s Regards, Bill PS – so how do we get this back to ultrasound…….I guess this field is a group effort. I have always said one of the great things about this profession is that you never know it all. Opportunities to learn new things every day. How great is that? We must all work collectively! PPS – so Frank – that is the time of year. But it ain’t quite as easy as just showing up on a given night. 😉 From: UVM Flownet <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Denise Levy Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2021 2:04 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Turtles and the WRMSD survey Bill, While on a NSM with Philps in Florida I observed the sea turtles nest markings and no announcement of hatchings.. it must be awesome to see so many parade to the ocean. I know why the hatching is not for public knowledge and I envy you for the experience. I will certainly take the survey and you have a turtle advantage over the rest of us,, BTW,, i have been using a linear probe for Left CIV for dx ultrasound MTS,, beautiful results,, yes ! Have you ever seen a perforator from a popliteal? I saw one today and the SSV SPJ above it ,, We love flownet even at 11 PM, My best , Denise On Tue, Jun 22, 2021 at 9:55 AM Bill Schroedter <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > wrote: Patrick – did you have the opportunity to see the hatching when 100 or so come out of the nest? Really cool. One of the things the turtle patrol did was to usher the babies to the water so they did not get picked off by birds. Also, getting out of the nest is a group effort for the babies, they cannot do it by themselves or even a few. So there are always a few that get left behind. We would dig the nests after to help the stragglers. But just seemed unusual than turtles were listed as a pet choice on the WRMSD choices 😉 From: UVM Flownet <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > On Behalf Of Patrick Doolan Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2021 12:07 PM To: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Turtles and the WRMSD survey Hi Bill, I’ve never had turtles as a pet, but I’ve known people that have had box turtles (land 🐢) as pets. That’s not my cup of tea either. But there are people that like reptiles as pets. But anyway, I was in Aruba last week and I’ve attached a short baby sea turtle clip for everyone. I’m still swooning. Patrick Doolan On Tue, Jun 22, 2021 at 10:19 AM Bill Schroedter <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > wrote: So I took the WRMSD survey that has been circulated by ARDMS, SVU others. I would urge you to participate in order to collect data on this important subject. Here is the link - Grand Challenge Ultrasound User Survey (qualtrics.com) <https://osu.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bJCpa2Por3c9zQa> But, there is this question about tasks you perform outside the workplace. In particular one on caregiving – that is for children, parents, disabled family members, etc but also care you provide to pets and that is what intrigued me. The examples they gave were ex: dogs, cats, turtles. TURTLES ???? Now I do have a special penchant for turtles (I was on turtle patrol for sea turtles here along the Florida Gulf Coast for several years…..if you’ve never seen a sea turtle come up on the beach and lay her eggs or the nest hatching….well….you should) but turtles on the caring for pets list?? I don’t know – just can’t get it out of my head! How’d that get there?? Have a great day. 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