Thursday, June 20th, Nest #12

We started our walk drinking in the beauty of Waties but quickly came upon our nest.  It is located between markers 4 and 5. The tracks were windswept and short due to tides.  We kept on walking to check other nests and try for two!
At nest #5 we again found a ghost crab hole right into the reed area.  Angelos located the GC trap under the sand and reset it. These GCs are very persistent!

Further down the beach at nest #11 we found two big GC holes by the nest.  Bill got a trap from behind nest #6 and Angelos installed that to the right of the holes.

After walking to the jetty we returned to probe our soon to be nest #12.  The turtle had come in and walked up the dune and build her pit/platform. Due to windblown sand the track was hard to measure or clearly make out.  It did not take much probing by Samantha to discover the nest. It is not buried deeply into the sand.  One egg was broken in probing but was used for DNA sample.

Angelos, Elaine and Samantha beginning the probe.

Thursday Team minus Roger, Bill and Flossie

Jane Ellen and Sam beginning the dig

Since it is Sam's last day so this was a bonanza.  She has a job in OK! 

Wonderful fun-filled learning day on Waties!