Croc Researcher Visits Nest Site
Tuesday evening I got a visit from Mike, an American Crocodile researcher for the State of Florida. Unfortunately the Spring Break Croc didn’t make an appearance, for the first time since Saturday. Mike checked out the nest site and determined, as he suspected, that no egg laying has yet occured. This usually occurs in late April or early May. Mike told me this is the time that the female crocodiles are checking out nest sites to try to determine the best site and since she has been hanging around for several days and continues to enter the nest site and dig, he suspects she likes the location.
He related some stories of other Upper Keys nestings, including some others on occupied property, and let me know that if I had no objections they would let nature take its course. He requested I keep him informed and he hoped to get a chance to see the crocodile. I showed him some of my photos and using this photo he was able to identify the Spring Break Croc by clippings of the tail scoots (the bony ridges along each side and top of the tail) from a previous capture in May of 2005.
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