Monday, August 16 Nest #4 Emerged

 Beautiful morning on the beach today.  This is the way to start your day.

Sunrise over the Marsh

Beautiful cloud formations this morning

Here comes the sun.  This is
behind the dunes, lots
of animal tracks

Love this driftwood picture

We normally we do not see large holes or digging by humans on the island.  This large structure was left and the deep trenches were not covered up.   I am sure, the people who left this, did not think about the wildlife on the island, including the horses and sea turtles that could be tripped, trapped or hurt when they fall into these trenches. 

Nest #4 Emerged - lots of tracks heading to the ocean.  It looks like they emerged during high tide, so they did not have the long walk to the water.

Looking from the
dunes toward the
ocean, lots of tracks

Lots of hatchling tracks

Looking from the ocean to the nest

The other interesting item for the Monday Team was the carcass of a Black-tip Shark on the beach. It was about a 4 1/2 to 5 foot shark.  We did not see a hook or visible injury, but we did not move or touch it.  Hoping the Ghost Crabs and Coyotes enjoy this and leave our nests alone.