Nests 8 & 9!

It was a great morning on the beach.  We have Nests 8 and 9!

Joleen Ardaiolo, Bev Stribling, and Nancy and Joel Pondelik's long walk was rewarded with a crawl near the old pier at Camp St Christopher.  Valerie and Mark Doane responded and found Nest 9.  It was left in situ.

Catherine Scully, Sue Thomas, Gary Holtz, Rob Jerome and Mike Vinson had the real treat of the morning.  As they got between Boardwalks 2 and 3, they noticed an “in” crawl but no corresponding “out” crawl. Walkers along with other people on the beach were able to watch a mother turtle finish laying her eggs and return to the water. Judy Morr called out Bill Nelson who found the nest where the earlier observers said it would be and the team went to work.  Rob Jerome found the top egg in the nest only a couple of inches from the surface and the team (Mike Vinson, Gary Holtz, Sue Thomas, Rob Jerome and Catherine Scully along with Rob’s sister Ruth) went to work moving the 141 eggs to an area about 40 yards below Boardwalk 4.  

Nest 7

Walkers on North Beach reported a crawl just north of Boardwalk 1.The Doanes were called to investigate. They probed the crawl with the assistance of Jane Magioncalda and our 7th nest was found. The 115 eggs were relocated to a safer area. Walkers today were Jane Magioncalda, Joe Ficarra, Laura Logan, Amanda Shilko and John Woychick. They also enjoyed watching at least 50 Pelicans "fishing" in one of the large tidal pools. It was a great morning for this group!

Amanda Shilko, Laura Logan, Jane Magioncalda, John Woychick and Joe Ficarra

Nest 6

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.