Walkers; Jennifer, Stuart and Regan Passantino, Lesley and Tony Gore were the lucky ones today. Right at 6:30 they found a crawl at Boardwalk 1. Mike Vinson found Nest 6 with help from Terry Fansler and Jane Magioncalda. The nest had 150 eggs and was moved to a safer area.
Nest 5
Walkers Terry Fansler, Gloria Reynolds, Anna Wechter and Brenda Zack are the lucky "parents" of Nest #5. It was Anna and Brenda’s first nest! The crawl was encountered at the new house being constructed next to the Pelicans Nest. Bill and Eileen Middleton responded with Bill finding the 130 eggs. The nest was moved to higher ground.
Terry Fansler, Brenda Zack and Anna Wechter celebrate nest #5
Nest 4
We have nest #4!
At 6:45 AM Valerie Luzadder called to report an interesting crawl right up the road to Camp St. Christopher, then into the area near the kayak storage area. Judy Morr and Jim Lawrence were notified to probe. They quickly found the eggs. and called the Fanslers; it was decided that the area had too many obstacles for the hatchlings to negotiate so the nest was relocated The mama laid 183 large eggs, with 5 broken; the remaining 178 were relocated to an area near the old pier. The walkers were Patrick and Valerie Luzadder, Tom Lamb and Christine Dudzik.
Nests 2 & 3
It was an exciting morning on the beach! Chris Palmer and Mark Horn encountered a promising crawl between Boardwalks 4 and 5. Bill Greubel responded and found Nest #2. It was determined to be as high as relocated Nest #1 so it was left in situ. Chris then went to check yesterday's false crawl in case crabs had helped locate the nest. Bill joined him and found a promising small body pit between two of yesterday's pits. Bill probed and found Nest #3. Since it was relatively high and had been more than 24 hours, it was left in situ as well.
We’re off to a good start!
Chris Palmer and Mark Horn
Chris Palmer & Bill Greubel
Nest # 1!!
We have Nest # 1! Tory Kindley with Bill and Linda Nelson found the crawl 100 yards North of Boardwalk 3. Judy Morr responded and the nest was found on first probe! The 143 eggs were moved to higher ground south of Boardwalk 4.
Today's nest is tied with 2012 for the second earliest nest in Seabrook Island's recorded history. Number one was 2017 with a nest on May 4th. We had 73 nests in 2012 and 69 in 2017 so this could be the sign of a big year.
