A beautiful Monday morning on the beach, cool and a beautiful sunrise. We did not walk far before we saw the crawl, right after M3, very close to the horse entrance on the beach. This is a textbook crawl and nesting site. Since this was the first crawl and nest for our new volunteer Jo Ann, Leslie made it into a training session for all. We also welcomed back Sherry to our volunteers, she was able to walk since school is not in session.
She came in and crawled up an incline and nested on a flat area above the wrack line. The nesting site had the crescent shaped sand and thrown sand. Thankfully, we found the nest chamber without too much probing - Leslie and Erin both probed. Jo Ann assisted in removing the sand to get the first egg for our DNA specimen. The nest was very shallow, only about 6 inches deep. Leslie was surprised she did not puncture one of the eggs with the probe. When she returned to the ocean, she went right over her incoming tracks.
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| Shallow Nest |
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| Jo Ann getting to handle the egg |
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| Monday Volunteers |
The volunteers could not get around the short end & there was nothing new on the long end. There was very little trash and no signs of animal tracks but the heat with no breeze brought a lot of bugs. We spotted several examples of Sea Pork that were on the beach.
Many thanks to those who have served and supported our country. Have a fun and enjoyable Memorial day with family and friends.
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