Nests 51 through 56!!

We have 5 new nests!  Plus, the false crawl from 6/7 became a nest. 
Beverly Stribling called with a crawl 60 yards north of the vehicle entrance to Camp St Christopher. The Nelsons responded and found Nest 51. The nest was left in situ with Bill and Beverly installing the nest protection while Linda handled the recording tasks. All existing nests were fine.
Veronica L’Allier, Ginger Seabrook and Bob Mason called with a crawl between the second and third house north of the club. The Doanes responded and found Nest 55.
Sue Thomas, Gary Holtz and Catherine Scully called with 4 crawls.  The first was a crawl 150 yards north of Boardwalk 6.  The mama crawled over the false crawl flag from 6/7.  Bill Nelson found Nest 54.  Examination of the eggs showed them to be older.  It was the nest from 6/7 and it was left in situ.  24 inches away in today’s crawl, Bill Greubel found Nest 56. Both nests were left in situ with the nest protection being overlapped and buttoned up with the help of David Holtz. The Walkers then called with a crawl 125 yards north of Boardwalk 4.  A beachgoer told them the Loggerhead had just gone back to sea.  Bill Greubel found Nest 53 with 110 eggs which were moved to higher ground.  Nest 52 was found by Bill Greubel at the crawl 300 yards south of Boardwalk 2.  It was left in situ. 

Whew!! What a day.

Nests 49 & 50

Mark and Valerie Doane were the only Walkers on Zone 3 this morning, and found a crawl just north of Boardwalk 3. They are also the Sunday probers and found Nest 49. After completing their walk, they relocated the 142 eggs above the high tide line 50 yards north of Boardwalk 3.
As the Doanes were completing the relocation process, Karen Sewell called in from the end of her walk . She reported a classic in and out crawl and decided to escape the heat and bugs to go home. Since the Doanes were close by, they went to X out the tracks. But, you never know! They found no body pit but a little disturbed sand on the "in" crawl side. Mark probed 2 or 3 times and found the nest. 99 eggs from Nest 50 were relocated above the high tide line.

Nests 47 & 48

Walkers Paula Baram, Brad Masteller, Charlane Faught and Heather Fife called in 2 crawls. A mama walked over Nest 31, (just south of boardwalk 6) knocking down the pole and left a body pit. Terry Fansler, Sandy MacCoss and Jane Magioncalda arrived to probe and Jane found the nest. This is Nest 48, which was left in situ behind the 7th house past the club.

Walkers Judy Morr and Kathy Hanson called with two crawls between boardwalks 5 & 6. Tim Morawski investigated and found Nest 47 which is 150 yards north of boardwalk 6. This nest was left in situ.

Again a big thank you to all of our soaked Wednesday Walkers and Probers; the mamas don't seem to mind the rain with 2 new nests and 2 false crawls this rainy day. Since there are no nest pictures we attached a hatchling picture to remind our soggy Turtle Patrol members why they do this.

Nest 46

Walkers, Jane Magioncalda, Joe Ficarra, Vicky and Bob Becker had the good luck today! Jane called in a crawl directly behind the first house under construction north of the Pelicans Nest. Bill Nelson supervised Jane as she probed and found the eggs. Nest 46 was relocated to a higher elevation area two houses north of the Club. It contained 121 eggs.

Nests 44 & 45

Supplement to Sunday's report
Yesterday afternoon a Kiawah Island naturalist on a boat tour spotted a fresh crawl all the way up the river and behind the dunes where the river went before we made the cut a few years back. He contacted Judy Morr and, after conferring with Terry Fansler, she and Bill Middleton took the turtle truck out to investigate. They probed and found Nest 44. The naturalist was still there and gave them (and the bucket of eggs) a boat ride back to the ocean side of the dunes. The nest was relocated 100 yards south of the 1st dog sign.

Monday's Report

We have Nest 45!
Walkers Bev Stribling and Joleen Ardaiolo called at 6:03 with a crawl in front of the last Pelican Watch.  Judy Morr responded and found Nest 45.  98 eggs were moved 100 yards beyond the lifeguard stand.