National Parks Traveler Podcast Episode 249 | Cape Hatteras Shorebirds and Sea Turtles

By Jess Repanshek - November 19th, 2023

Throughout history the barrier islands that today are home to Cape Hatteras National Seashore have been attractive to wildlife. A variety of sea turtle species come ashore to lay their nests, and a variety of shorebirds settle there, too, to lay their eggs.
But the thing with wildlife nesting on the beaches of Cape Hatteras is that one great season can be followed by a poor one. Influencing the outcome can be human disturbances, storms, and predation.
How was 2023 for piping plovers, a threatened species, at Cape Hatteras, and what about the sea turtles? To get the answers to those questions we’ve invited Meaghan Johnson, the seashore’s Chief of Resource Management and Science to join us.

0:02 National Parks Traveler introduction
0:12 Episode Intro with Kurt Repanshek
0:43 Beyond the Reef - Tim Heintz & Grant Geissman - Seascapes: A Musical Journey
1:09 Friends of Acadia
1:34 Grand Teton National Park Foundation
2:03 Potrero Group
2:32 Episode 249 - Cape Hatteras Shorebirds and Sea Turtles
11:10 Schoodic - Nature’s Symphony - The Sounds of Acadia
11:26 NPT Promo
11:39 Xplorer Maps
12:00 Washington’s National Park Fund
12:32 The Everglades Foundation
12:43 Great Smoky Mountains Association
13:10 Episode 249 - Cape Hatteras Shorebirds and Sea Turtles Continues
25:19 Whispering Winds - Grant Geissman - Sounds of the Caribbean
23:35 Interior Federal Credit Union
26:09 Yosemite Conservancy
26:31 Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation
26:56 Episode 249 - Cape Hatteras Shorebirds and Sea Turtles Continues
37:25 Wonder Lake - Various Artists - The Spirit of Alaska
37:43 Episode Closing
38:06 Orange Tree Productions
38:38 Splitbeard Productions
38:50 National Parks Traveler footer

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