Waties Island Nest Count

Saturday, May 14, 2022

First Crawl of the Season!

 It is always a good morning on the beach when we find turtle activity! Today's walkers had just started their patrol up the beach when we found a long set of tracks heading up into the dunes.

 

The alternating pattern of the tracks indicates that she is a loggerhead. Looking closely, we didn't see any evidence of nesting activity.



    
The incoming tracks

The outgoing tracks













  
Right up the dune face (and almost over the top!)

But no time spent up there; she headed right back to the ocean

The is our first false crawl of the season. Perhaps this mother will make a return visit tonight and give us our first nest of 2022!


Barb and Steve


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