Doris
February 12, 2010
Shortly after being fitted with her transmitter, Doris began a westward journey which ended off the coast of Colombia. Her transmitter stopped sending signals on February 1, 2001.
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Map showing Doris' tracking data |
July 31st, 2009: Female Hawksbill 'Doris' is the First Sea Turtle to be Tracked During Bonaire's 2009 Nesting Season.
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Doris departing to the sea - photo STCB |
Sea Turtle Conservation Bonaire (STCB) deployed a transmitter on a female hawksbill on Klein Bonaire on July 31st when she came ashore to lay her eggs (adult hawksbill turtles come to Bonaire to breed from May through November).
The turtle was named ‘Doris,’ after two powerful namesakes: a Greek sea goddess and an Amazon warrior who was a spear woman in the Attic War. “Doris” has a shell length of 81.8 cm and is estimated to weigh about 78 kg. Based on our monitoring data we know that staff deployed the transmitter on the night that she laid her third nest of this season – and that she likely would lay at least one more nest before heading off to her home feeding grounds.
Satellite tracking of “Doris” is part of an STCB project being funded by UNESCO.
