Waties Island Sea Turtles

Waties Island, the northernmost barrier island in South Carolina is roughly 4.0 km in length. It is a private undeveloped barrier island at the border of North/South Carolina. All sea turtle monitoring by this group is authorized by the SCDNR Marine Turtle Conservation Program under Permit MTP500. We strive to help protect the sea turtle, and we are at it again this season! The site will be updated often during the nesting season - May 1st through October.

Monday, June 4, 2012

And Another One...

False crawl #6 this morning up above Marker 9. Looked like the same uneven tracks that we have seen in four previous false crawls all of which were above Marker 8. Talk about nest site fidelity. But this morning, Sandy, Donna and Kim actually saw the turtle returning to the ocean! How cool is that?

Now, if she would just lay a nest! Maybe tomorrow.