Sea turtle nesting season begins on Alabama beaches — first nest comes one day early
WKRG
[{'start': '0.160', 'end': '5.520', 'text': 'It is officially sea turtle nesting'}, {'start': '2.480', 'end': '7.200', 'text': 'season along Alabama beaches. Volunteers'}, {'start': '5.520', 'end': '8.720', 'text': 'are rising with the sun every morning'}, {'start': '7.200', 'end': '11.840', 'text': 'for the next few months, scanning the'}, {'start': '8.720', 'end': '13.759', 'text': 'sand for turtle tracks and nests. WRG'}, {'start': '11.840', 'end': '16.000', 'text': "News5's Taylor Boyison got to join them"}, {'start': '13.759', 'end': '17.560', 'text': 'this morning for their first patrol of'}, {'start': '16.000', 'end': '20.320', 'text': 'the'}, {'start': '17.560', 'end': '22.560', 'text': "season. It's day one of sea turtle"}, {'start': '20.320', 'end': '24.480', 'text': 'nesting season, which means volunteers'}, {'start': '22.560', 'end': '27.279', 'text': 'with Share the Beach are already on'}, {'start': '24.480', 'end': '29.279', 'text': 'patrol. We are looking for sea turtle'}, {'start': '27.279', 'end': '33.040', 'text': 'tracks. So, we want to be out here at'}, {'start': '29.279', 'end': '36.399', 'text': 'first light before all the beachgoers'}, {'start': '33.040', 'end': '38.719', 'text': 'come out um and walk over those tracks.'}, {'start': '36.399', 'end': '40.719', 'text': 'They walk for miles along the beach'}, {'start': '38.719', 'end': '42.719', 'text': 'every morning. If we find sea turtle'}, {'start': '40.719', 'end': '45.200', 'text': 'tracks, we will follow them to see if'}, {'start': '42.719', 'end': '47.520', 'text': 'that sea turtle has laid a nest so that'}, {'start': '45.200', 'end': '50.079', 'text': "we can mark it off. Well, we didn't see"}, {'start': '47.520', 'end': '52.320', 'text': 'any nests or tracks on patrol today, but'}, {'start': '50.079', 'end': '54.160', 'text': "that's part of the process. Every patrol"}, {'start': '52.320', 'end': '58.079', 'text': 'matters because you never know what you'}, {'start': '54.160', 'end': '60.160', 'text': 'might find. And this is why they do it.'}, {'start': '58.079', 'end': '62.640', 'text': 'The chance to see baby sea turtles'}, {'start': '60.160', 'end': '65.760', 'text': 'racing to the Gulf. A precious memory'}, {'start': '62.640', 'end': '67.920', 'text': 'like no other. Every turtle story is my'}, {'start': '65.760', 'end': '70.320', 'text': 'favorite story. The next one is going to'}, {'start': '67.920', 'end': '72.720', 'text': "be my favorite, too. It's slow work, and"}, {'start': '70.320', 'end': '75.040', 'text': 'not every patrol finds something, but'}, {'start': '72.720', 'end': '77.840', 'text': 'every step on the beach is a step toward'}, {'start': '75.040', 'end': '80.560', 'text': 'protecting these turtles. All sea'}, {'start': '77.840', 'end': '84.000', 'text': 'turtles are endangered. And I would say'}, {'start': '80.560', 'end': '86.799', 'text': 'that any endangered species or any um'}, {'start': '84.000', 'end': '88.799', 'text': 'natural resource conservation effort is'}, {'start': '86.799', 'end': '90.799', 'text': 'worthwhile. Nesting season runs through'}, {'start': '88.799', 'end': '92.720', 'text': 'the end of August and if you happen to'}, {'start': '90.799', 'end': '94.479', 'text': 'find a nest or a sea turtle on the'}, {'start': '92.720', 'end': '98.000', 'text': 'beach, you can call the sea turtle'}, {'start': '94.479', 'end': '101.640', 'text': 'hotline at 866 sea turtle in Gulf'}, {'start': '98.000', 'end': '104.079', 'text': 'Shores. Taylor Boyison WKRG'}, {'start': '101.640', 'end': '106.000', 'text': 'News5. Volunteers with Share the Beach'}, {'start': '104.079', 'end': '108.479', 'text': 'say they got a little surprise'}, {'start': '106.000', 'end': '110.720', 'text': "yesterday. It's when the first nest of"}, {'start': '108.479', 'end': '113.680', 'text': 'the season was reported a day before'}, {'start': '110.720', 'end': '115.840', 'text': 'nesting season begins. Some folks on the'}, {'start': '113.680', 'end': '118.719', 'text': 'beach called the sea turtle hotline just'}, {'start': '115.840', 'end': '121.520', 'text': 'heard about when they saw a mama Kimp'}, {'start': '118.719', 'end': '124.799', 'text': 'ridley sea turtle nesting laying her'}, {'start': '121.520', 'end': '127.680', 'text': 'eggs. Very, very sweet. Now, of course,'}, {'start': '124.799', 'end': '130.319', 'text': 'we want to protect our turtles, and you'}, {'start': '127.680', 'end': '132.959', 'text': 'can get information on how you can do'}, {'start': '130.319', 'end': '136.440', 'text': 'that, the Alabama coast this season,'}, {'start': '132.959', 'end': '141.360', 'text': 'wherever you are, when you go to'}, {'start': '136.440', 'end': '141.360', 'text': 'wkrg.com and search sea turtles.'}]