Leslie & Tony Gore, Bill & Susan Miller & Carol Lovejoy, walking on Zone 1, called in the group's first crawl just past the vehicle entrance to Camp St. Christopher. They marked the area and continued their walk. Terry Fansler, Sandy MacCoss, Jane Magioncalda and Mike Vinson were the Probers of the day and were sent to investigate. Judy Morr joined them later.They all probed and Judy found nest 59. The nest was relocated to higher ground.
Nests 57 & 58
Walkers, Christine Dudzik and Tom Lamb called in first with a crawl about 100 yards past the old pier. Tim Morawski investigated this crawl and found nest 57. It was left in situ.
Walkers, Bill and Linda Nelson, Tory Kindley, Ginger Seabrook & Jackie Smith found a crawl between boardwalks 2 and 3. Bill and Eileen Middleton came to investigate and found nest 58. The eggs were moved to a new location above the high tide line.
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.
