Today the Thursday Team welcomed our new volunteer, Carole. The day started out beautifully, flat ocean, very gentle breeze great weather for a walk on the beach. Barb Demusz also joined us on our walk.
Walking up the beach we spotted what we hoped was a crawl, and we got lucky, Nest #4. She came in past Marker 6, but close to Marker 7. A very text book crawl, body pit, and I had an easy time finding the nest chamber. Her crawl was 31 inches, and the nest chamber was a good depth, not shallow. There were two Ghost Crab holes in the loose sand. Barb continued to walk the long end and Leslie and Carole worked the nest.
Carole helped the processing by documenting the nest information, and even got to do the egg for the DNA vial. Carole was so lucky to get to see a nest on her very first walk on Waties. The other nests are fine, and Nest #1 will soon be "caged" to deter Coyotes from getting into the nest. We continue to see animal tracks, including raccoon tracks on the beach.
We headed to the lower end of the island and ran into a kayaking tour from the Glass Bottom Kayak Tours Company. Neil, their guide was happy to see us, since the tour was a Sea Turtle Nesting Tour. We answered some questions about what we do, and how long we have been doing this type of volunteering. They took our pictures, and we took theirs.
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| Carole, Thursday's new volunteer |
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| Here comes the sun |
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| Her crawl, she came in, laid her nest, and left |
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| Nice body pit |
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She has a barnacle or some type of growth on the underside of her shell, you can see the drag marks |
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Leslie shows the egg to Carole |
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The Eastern Mole tunnel is still on the upper end |
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