Yesterday afternoon Terry Fansler and Gayle Evans responded to a call from the Beach Patrol about a hatchling on the beach. When they arrived a large group of children greeted them and explained that as they were digging in the sand they were quite surprised when a hatchling walked into the hole they had dug.. After the obligatory discussion of "this is why all holes need to be filled in", the kids helped escort the hatchling they named "Trooper" to the ocean. Terry and Gayle looked over the tracks from nest 3 and it looked like 2 to 5 hatchlings had emerged.
Nests 24 & 25!!
Veronica L’Allier called with a crawl between the Club and Boardwalk #9 with a body pit almost entirely in the reeds/rack. Bill and Linda Nelson responded and Bill located the eggs for Nest 24 in a few minutes. Bill and Linda moved the 54 eggs around the Club Facilities to 300 yards north of Boardwalk #7.
Eileen Middleton called with a short crawl 100 yards north of the 1st dog sign. Bill and Linda Nelson responded and Bill located 99 eggs for Nest 25. Jasper Neath with encouragement from his mother Kim helped Linda Nelson move the eggs to 100 yards north of Boardwalk #1.
Nest 23
Last night Terry Fansler received a call and a photo from Lynne Sager, Leader of the Kiawah Island Turtle Patrol advising that Lauren Rust of the Dolphin Survey spotted a crawl near the far end of Seabrook across the river from Kiawah. Terry sent it on to walkers Lynda Zeger, Ruby Jenkins, Pam Salvestrini and Mary Van Deusen who verified that there certainly was a crawl. Judy Morr responded and found the nest;.She and Terry felt the nest should be relocated. The 106 eggs are now safely buried about 200 yards north of boardwalk 1.
Nests 20 & 21!
Mike Vinson, Rob Jerome, Gary Holtz and Cathrine Scully called in with a crawl 200 yards north of Boardwalk 6 and called back again a few minutes later with another crawl 100 yards south of Boardwalk 5. Linda and Bill Nelson responded with Linda finding Nest 21 at the first crawl and Bill locating Nest 22 at the second crawl. Rob and Cathrine moved the 100 eggs from Nest 21 to just south of Boardwalk 5 and Mike and Gary moved the 92 eggs from Nest 22 to just north of Boardwalk 5.
Things are heating up!!
Nest 20
Judy Morr called with a crawl between boardwalks 2 & 3. Walkers were Jim & Jo Eisenhauer, Kathy Hanson and Judy Morr.Tim Morawski responded along with Terry Fansler, Sandy MacCoss & Jane Magioncalda. Tim found nest 20! The 113 eggs were moved to a safer location.
