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.

Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Pleasant Morning & a Definate Depression at Nest 10

We had a cool pleasant morning with just a mist as we headed off the beach.

Nest 10 had a definite depression with two Ghost Crab holes. No visible tracks.

There were, what appeared to be, Box Jelly Fish along the beach

I did a quick check in my bird book, but was unable to identify the bird we saw on the lower end. He wasn't bothered by us at all and let us take all the pictures we wanted.

1 comment:

KarenAugust 30, 2017 at 12:31 PM
I believe the bird is an immature yellow-crowned night heron or possibly an immature green heron. The box jellyfish can also be called a sea wasp.
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