Turtles

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=210 BGCOLOR="#99CC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0418dfc3.jpg"> <div> <B>Art Studio B</B></div> <div> <B>Artist</B></div> <div> <B>Barbara E.</B> <B>Allinson</B></div> <div> <A HREF="mailto:artstudiob@hotmail.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:artstudiob@hotmail.com"><U>artstudiob@hotmail.com</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id121.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Turtle News 2007"><U><I><B><U>Turtle News - 2007</U></B></I></U></A></div> <div> <I><B><U>Turtle Trivia</U></B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B>A mature Loggerhead female turtle weighs between 200 and 400 lbs.  Their tracks measure from     3 to 6 ft wide.</B></div> <div> <B> At night female turtles dig a hole in the sand dunes and lay their eggs.  Each nest contains about 120 eggs.   </B></div> <div> <B> It takes approximately 60 days for the eggs to hatch.  When the eggs begin to hatch the sand pile begins to sink.  They always hatch at night and the hatchlings follow the moonlight to the sea. </B></div> <div> <B>That is when they set their  GPS (ground positioning system) so the females can return,  to the same spot, in 20 to 30 years to lay their eggs.  </B></div> <div> <B>On shore Ghost Crabs like to eat hatchlings.</B></div> <div> <B> </B></div> <div>            </div> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=82 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0428dfe1esnpes.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Adorable" ><B>Art Studio B </B></FONT><B>     </B><B>|</B><B>     </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Art Studio B "><U><B>Home</B></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="id36.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Still Life"><U><B>Still Life</B></U></A><B>          </B><A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Floral"><U><B>Floral</B></U></A><B>        </B><A HREF="id32.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Turtles"><U><B>Turtles</B></U></A><B>        </B><A HREF="id33.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Miscellaneous"><U><B>Miscellaneous</B></U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=398 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0428dfc3.jpg"> <div> <I>Turtles</I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <TABLE BORDER="1" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="525" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#FFFFCC" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 350 WIDTH="454"><div> Loggerhead Turtles</div> <div> (Endangered Species)</div> <bR> <div> My interest in turtles started in the spring of 2003.  My husband and I became involved with the volunteer program, through the Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue & Rehabilitation Center, to protect and monitor sea turtle nests.  One  day a week during the months of May thru August we walked a mile at Top Sail Beach, NC, searching for Turtle nests.   Eight nests were found in our one mile stretch. </div> <div>  Each nest contains about 120 eggs.  </div> <div> About 1 in 1000 survive to maturity.   </div> <div> In the spring of 2004 we joined the Pleasure Island Sea Turtle Project </div> <div> at Carolina Beach.  It's closer to where we live.   </div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id121.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Turtle News 2007"><U>Turtle News - 2007</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id119.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sea Turtle Strandings"><U>Sea Turtle Strandings</U></A><B>  2006</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>THE WINNERS OF THE GREAT TURTLE RACE 2007 ARE . . .  FIND OUT AT</B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.greatturtlerace.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.greatturtlerace.com"><U><B>http://www.greatturtlerace.com</B></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="65"><bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Galleries"><U><IMG SRC="1413c420.png" border=0 width="60" height="66" ALT="Metafile Companion Picture (32-bit)" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></FONT> <B>Galleries</B></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="495" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 151 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id82.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="20 Under the Sea 1"><U><IMG SRC="19b96610.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="97" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B># 20 </B><B>Under the Sea # 1</B></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id83.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="21 Under The Sea 2"><U><IMG SRC="16596610.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="97" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> <div> #<B> 21 </B><B>Under The Sea # 2</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id84.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="22 Under The Sea 3"><U><IMG SRC="19f96620.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="98" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B># 22 </B><B>Under the Sea # 3</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="1" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="527" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#FFFFCC" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 213 ><NOBR><div> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact"><U><IMG SRC="263322e0.gif" border=0 width="50" height="46" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></FONT><B>Giclee Prints and Note Cards are available. </B> </div> <bR> <div> <I>What is a Giclee print?</I></div> <div>  Giclee (pronounced zhee-clay) n.  from the French meaning "spray of ink."  A   </div> <div>  image or painting  is scanned or photographed digitally, then printed using a high </div> <div>  resolution inkjet printer with archival quality inks, printed on  various substrates.  </div> <div>  The giclee process provides better color accuracy  than other means of  </div> <div>  reproduction.  This new fine art printing technology, developed about 10 years </div> <div>  ago, has taken the art world by storm.  It is now widely accepted practice in the </div> <div>  world of art.  </div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div>  <script language=JavaScript>  </script>  </div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I>Note:  All artwork featured on this site is copyrighted </I><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#800080" FACE="Helvetica" ><I>©</I></FONT><I> by </I></div> <div> <I>Barbara E. 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