Nest #5 emergence

 Scary start to morning, thunder  and lighting   far off shore  all up and down the beach. 

As we were walking up the beach we found nests 11 & 18 had been wash over, but are fine.  Next we find Nest #6 has more ghost crab activity. 

When we got to  M 7, Nest #19 (emerged yesterday) we found more egg  shells. 

 

This nest had 70 hatched eggs and 6 for DNA testing.

On our walk back Leslie came upon 3 egg shells and sure enough at big crab hole we checked GPS - right on the mark for Nest #5.  We put poles up to mark this emergence.  YEAH!!

Three poles

 Up to this point we were not paying much attention to sky.  When we got to entrance we took pictures of one of the most beautiful shelf clouds ever. 

This was headed for NMB, looked like the end of the world!  We made it back before the rain started.

Great morning!

Sharon & Leslie