Wednesday, June 14th, False Crawl #07

 Another beautiful morning on Waties Island, along with the volunteers, we had three guests.  Leslie covered the short end of the island, and all others headed to the jetty.

Sunrise over the marsh

 

The volunteers and guests heading to the jetty

 

 

Ghost Crabs holes

Sunrise over the lower dunes

Sunglasses found on top of the sand

 

The volunteers and guests walked the long end to the jetty, and found another crawl at the jetty rocks.  She crawled in right along the rocks, actually hitting up on some of the rocks.  She followed the rocks along the base of the dune, turned and headed back to the ocean.  Her crawl was shaped like the letter "U".  She did not even attempt to nest, no digging, no body pit.   False Crawl #07.  Her crawl was 31 inches wide.  There were no drag marks on the bottom of her shell.

No sign of drag marks from the bottom of her shell

Her turn at the base of the dunes

Butted up to and around jetty rocks

Crawled along base of the dune

Our guests for the day

Her total crawl

 

 

 

Waties Island performs research and management activities regarding sea turtle conservation in accordance under SCDNR Permit Number MTP500.

Photos and Text by Leslie, False Crawl Pics by Valerie