It's been a quiet stranding season for us on Waties which is the good news. The bad news is that we did have our first stranded turtle this morning. It was a small green turtle found floating in the surf. No injuries that we could see, but it had the usual load of barnacles and "critters" on it. You can see the serrated lower jaw that this turtle would use to feed on sea grasses and seaweed.
The other discovery of the day was a short U-shaped false crawl at Marker 3. The turtle didn't even make it to the high tide line but returned to the ocean. Maybe she will return tonight.
Barb
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.
Waties Island Nest Count
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