Herding Turtles

Eva the wonderdog has displayed a new talent.  Being a fine "Mexican Mutt" she has an innate ability to herd turtles.  At the beach this morning she showed her ability to round up and direct baby turtles to the ocean.  True talent.

Eva pointing the baby turtle to the Pacific.

A nest of baby turtles had hatched on the beach we were walking this morning.  They dig their way to the surface and begin their trek down the sand to the surfs edge.  If the sea birds see them they would become an early breakfast, so we rounded them up and walked them to the surfs edge.  They know to head straight into the ocean and begin swimming as fast as they can.  Hundreds of thousands of baby turtles call Mazatlán their home each year.  When they are ready to have babies they return to the same beach they were born on.

The pelicans are out just beyond the surf.  Turtles beware.

Keeping an eye on her turtles.

Eva romping in the surf.

As you can see Eva is no longer afraid of the surf.  She will make a mad dash straight into a breaking wave.  She is her happiest when playing in the ocean.

Ready for another attack on a wave.  Truly a crazy puppy.

This morning the Sea of Cortez was alive with huge schools of fish.  Hundreds of sea birds and Pelicans would follow the schools as they were driven to the surface by larger fish underneath them.  At times the surface of the water was white with splashing as the schools were in a frenzy.

Seabirds and Pelicans waiting for breakfast.

A nice string of fish.

This surf casting fisherman had about a dozen fish on his string.  The tuna looked about 5 or 6 pounds.  It was only 9:00am so he hadn't been fishing that long.  I've got to get out and try my hand at surf casting, brother Dave left his fishing pole at our place when he went home.

A calm day on the Sea of Cortez.

Life is good on a morning beach walk.