Why Were the Tracks Just Between the Tide Lines?

  

We were walking at the last high tide line and almost missed this crawl but for the sharp eyes of Dave Wurtz.   

 

 

 Except for the crawls between the two tide lines, there were no visible signs that this turtle had come ashore.  The first two pictures show the top of the visible part of the crawl looking toward the ocean.

 This picture shows the ocean side of the crawl looking toward the dunes.

The end of the dune side of the crawl.

The end of the dune side of the crawl from the side.

No tracks visible above the king tide line.

Crawl was exactly 36" (3 ft.)

Checked behind the dune.  Nothing definitive, but questionable because of the complete lack of any other tracks except just those visible between the two high tide lines  we decided to check. 

Kim, Kinsey and Robert did the checking.

After comparing the pictures of FC #4 and the pictures from today and checking the GPS readings from today against the GPS readings from FC #4, Barb and I have come to the conclusion that FC #4 & FC #5 are the same crawl.