NESTS 1, 4 & 6

Outside of the depression which was bowl like,  there were no signs that Nest #1 had hatched.  If anything did happen from yesterday when the depression was first noticed, it would have been difficult for us to see because we had a lot of rain and wind overnight which could have obliterated any tracks.                                                                                             

Nest #6  shown in the picture to the left did not have any crab holes today.  We did manage to catch a crab which we released up the beach.   

Robert reset the crab trap at Nest #6

Nest #4 did have a crab hole and the top of the nest was open exposing an egg and an egg shell.  Kinsey put on a glove and removed the piece of egg shell that was next to an egg at the top of the nest and buried it along with the small piece we found on the surface.  There was also a crab hole to the left of the exposed nest.  Very unusual to see an opened nest like this with a crab hole next to it.This nest also had flies around the nest.  See one on the egg below.

Better picture of the crab hole at nest #4

 Picture of nest #4 showing egg shells (larger one we removed from nest), crab hole, exposed top of the nest and one of two crab traps we placed around the nest. We did bury the egg shells, fill in the crab hole after checking to see if there was a crab in it, and covered the nest back up, adding additional sand to the top of the nest and a new reed to mark the site.

We had a full truck this morning.  Jenny, a former CCU graduate, and her family.  They enjoy walking on Waties whenever they are in town.  Dave, Susan and Connie were in the cab.  We had a partial rainbow this morning.  The interesting part of this rainbow was that the end of it was between the horizon and the beach.  Unfortunately my picture did not come out.