Sunday, June 10th Nest #3

The Sunday team was fortunate again and we have a new nest right above Marker 5.

The nest was laid in the middle of the beach, and not above the spring high tide line, so we relocated the eggs to the base of the dunes, close to the original nest, just higher up on the beach.  She laid 83 eggs, deep nest, sand was thrown and a large pile of sand on top of the nest.  Her crawl width was 30 inches. There were several ghost crab holes and many ghost crab tracks at the body pit.  It was a classic crawl.

Along with the nest, Sharon found a "message in a bottle", made for an exciting morning.

Classic crawl

Nice defined body pit

Several ghost crab holes . . .

and tracks

 

Diane and Karen moving the eggs to the new nest

Sharon's find of the day, message in a bottle

 The Sunday team:  Diane, Bob, Leslie, Karen and Sharon, Paulette behind the camera.  Exciting for Diane and Bob, their first nest.  Many thanks to all for helping with this nest.