Friday September 3 PN#3 may be Nest #12

Today we found what looks to be a depression just two feet from the sign for PN#3 up at the jetty!!

Barb and Steve found a crawl on Saturday, July 17 that they thought was going to be a nest, but

the eggs could not be located. So, they posted a DNR pole where they thought the eggs should be, and marked it, Possible Nest #3. We would keep an eye on the area in hopes signs of a nest appeared. Today, we found a depression!! It was a round shallow hole where the sand has caved in due to shifting sand where the hatchlings have left the eggs and are moving around under the

sand.  Leslie took a cage out and buried it over the depression this afternoon. Now the coyotes cannot get to the nest!!  Now we watch and wait-should see hatchling tracks in a few days!! Today was day 48 of incubation.

Post by Paulette

Pictures by Melissa and Leslie

This morning's depression

The cage is in place

This afternoon's look at the depression