Monday, August 28th Nest 4 emerges

 On July 6th we had morning storms so Bill and Leslie went out later and to their surprise found Nest #04, mid island.

Today this nest was 53 days old and we found an emergence.  Pretty sure it is just a partial emergence because not many tracks and depression was not very deep.

Also lots of ghost crab tracks around but  no signs of eggs  or hatchlings as you can see in the following pictures.

 

There was rain in the area the night before, but not on Waties.  Above the  high tide line, sand is dry as a bone.

 We only found a few  tracks to the water but at the nest there are tracks showing more emerged. If there are stragglers let’s hope  these little ones see the full moon and get to the ocean. 

Inventory of this nest should be Thursday but with Idalia coming on Wednesday we will have to see if we will be able to get out to the island Thursday.

Our daily leads that can make it are going out this afternoon to prep for what is predicted to hit our beloved coast.

Sharon

Pictures by Jean and Sharon

Waties island performs research and management activities regarding sea turtle conservation in accordance under SCDNR Permit Number MTP 500