Thursday the 23rd

Not much going on nest wise.  #6 had a very large ghost crab hole (looks like something was dragged out of hole) and lots of ants.

No tracks whatsoever.  On our trip back in we looked at it again and the hole had started to fill with sand due to wind.  Signs are it is getting close.

When we finished checking nest #10 we decided to walk further down the beach and found our stranded turtle.  We went back in with our Thursday walkers and went back out with to record info on the turtle.  A vulture was having a fine meal as we drove up.  With a phone connection with Karen we gathered info and took pictures of the turtle.  It was very entangled in over 20 yards of 100 pound test fishing line with a lure and a planer (lucky Bill is a fisherman) and a couple of logs. We tried to ID the turtle but the form says make no guesses. So you can make your own guesses.  It is rank smelling though.  If the vulture returns it may be bones soon.  It is directly in front of the marker 8 sign.