The Migration of Piffie the Sea Turtle

The final turtle of the 2010 nesting season to be tracked was a female hawksbill named Piffie. She was found nesting at No Name beach, Klein Bonaire on October 7th. Piffie hung around Bonaire to lay one more nest for the season then departed Bonaire waters first to Curacao and then north, travelling right through Tropical Storm Tomas, all the way to Puerto Rico. Finally she arrived on November 23rd to her foraging grounds of Anegada Island, British Virgin Islands. This reef southeast of Anegada, is about 840 km from Klein Bonaire. Piffie is the first tracked turtle from Bonaire to call the British Virgin Islands home.

At the time of this upload Piffie's transmitter has been giving signal for 364 days, tomorrow will make one year!

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• Turtle Tracking
• Bonaire
• Sea Turtles
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