Tuesday was an exciting morning - while we know the nesting season is over for this year, we came upon the remnants of a nest that an animal had dug up, most like a coyote. We have been seeing coyote tracks on the beach all summer along with some bobcat prints as well.
The find was at Marker 7, the same location as a false crawl back on June 4. Looking back at those pictures, the nest today seems to match that location. There were lots of hatched egg shells scattered around the hole and lots of smaller pieces as well. It is very nice to know that even though we weren't watching this spot, it hatched anyway, even after the hurricane made so many changes to the shoreline.
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| Hatched egg shells all over the place; even up in the dunes |
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| In the wrack line too |
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| That's sure not a ghost crab hole! |
The tides were pretty high last evening (and will be higher tonight) bringing up lots of branches, dead trees and other flotsam.
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| A moon jellyfish - haven't seen many of these this season |
Barb and Steve
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