Waties Island Nest Count

Wednesday, May 17, 2023

Wednesday, May 17th - Beautiful warm morning, no turtle action today

The Wednesday volunteers had a great morning on the beach, sunny to start, warm, and a nice breeze.  The clouds moved in, no rain on the beach, thank goodness.

No turtle action, lots of Cannonball jellyfish on the beach.  The flock of Red Knots were on the beach feeding.  See the Friday post, Kim T gives a nice summary on these birds that are endangered due to loss of habitat and food sources.

Just normal type of trash was picked up, and I found the biggest balloon I have seen, it was stuck in the dunes.  Scoping out the dunes and finding good places for any nests we may have to move this year.

 Trees left by Hurricane Ian, last October.

 

 

 

 The flock of Red Knots still enjoying Waties Island hospitality, feeding on Coquina Clams.

 






Lots of Cannonball Jellyfish



Wind art - on the dunes

Biggest Balloon - bigger than my Ocean Trash bag


Pictures by Leslie P

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