Jennifer Passantino found 2 crawls on North Beach. Sandy MacCoss and Jane Magioncalda probed both crawls and found Nest 48, located just north of the trash can. It was left in situ. The other crawl was long and meandered from the ocean to the lagoon near the spit. After probing several possible body pits, it was determined this was a false crawl.
Marnie Ellis walked the southern end of the beach for the first time this season, hoping to find a nest. Sadly, in an area south of the downed trees she discovered a crawl, body pit and broken egg shells. Bill Greubel investigated and found 44 broken shells and no other eggs to relocate. He and Marnie both assumed that raccoons may have disrupted the mama while she was laying the eggs. The nest was shallow and not well formed.
