Sherry, Donna, Mattie and I started this morning hoping to get a full walk in. It looked promising. Got to nest #13. Two more holes. Not sure if one of them was made by an emergence or not. Both were behind the reed noting the nest site. 
There were no signs of any hatchling tracks or hatchlings. But again, we have been having very heavy rains since yesterday and we could have missed them. We did find two egg shells in the area around the nest. One of them buried in the sand at the entrance to one of the holes. And YUP, that thing near the crab hole is what you think it is. 
Caught and released a crab at nest 6 and 10. Both of these nest looked good. The thunder started in the distance. We continued to mm 8. Thunder and clouds started to build. Never made it to nest 4. It was a long way back to the truck and we couldn't take any chances. What a downpour! Mattie and Sherry got soaked in the back of the truck on the way back to the shed. The poncho Barb and Steve bought kept the backpack from getting wet today! All the other nests, except for nest four, which we did not get to, are quiet. Nest 2, which is 56 days showed no signs of anything happening. We'll try again tomorrow!
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