Waties Island Nest Count

Saturday, November 9, 2019

Waties Island Beach Sweep

We held the final beach cleanup of 2019 this morning. It was cold but out on the beach the sun quickly warmed us up.

And a big turnout too: 33 volunteers, students and friends turned out to help this morning. The beach didn't look too bad at first glance, but that proved not to be the case, especially near the middle and upper reaches of the island. At least 25 large bags of trash were collected along with assorted "stuff" - crab traps, lumber, pvc pipe, a cast net, a traffic cone and so many things that were hard to identify.

It was pretty cold to start!
And sunglasses and goggles galore!

A BIG THANK YOU to everyone who was able to join us this morning!












Where does this stuff come from?

Some of the volunteers

Leslie's truck is almost full

Steve's truck is full

The whole crew!