Nests 22, 23 & 24

June continues to bring us crawls and nests. This morning we had 4 crawls and eventually 3 new nests, numbers 22, 23, and 24.

Tory Kindley first called about a dead shark on the beach just north of Boardwalk 3. The Beach Patrol was contacted and either they or the tide will remove the animal. A few minutes later Tory called in a crawl about 50 yards south of Boardwalk 5. Mike Vinson was dispatched to probe and found Nest 22. The nest was left in situ.

Walkers, Ruby Jenkins and Pam Salvestrini, called in the next crawl about 200 feet north of the trash can on North Beach. Judy Morr probed the 6 body pits but could not find any eggs and marked this as a false crawl. Further down the beach near the birding area, Ruby and Pam found another crawl. Bill and Eilleen Middleton investigated and found the nest. They relocated the 103 eggs of Nest 23 to about 220 yards north of the trash can.

Vicky and Bob Becker found the 4th crawl of the morning behind the yellow house just north of the Club. Mike Vinson also probed this one and found Nest 24. It was left in situ.

Nest 21

Joleen Ardaiolo and Bev Stribling called just after 6am with a promising crawl  100 yards south of boardwalk 9.  Bill and Linda Nelson responded and found Nest 21.  The 123 eggs were moved further back on the dune.

Nests 18, 19 & 20!

Between 6:31 and 6:41 AM three crawls were reported and 3 teams of Probers were dispatched to the beach. Eventually, each crawl turned out to be a nest.

Rachel Carter and Karen Sewell called in first with a crawl right at boardwalk 6. Valerie and Mark Doane probed, with guidance from Bill and Linda Nelson who had the privilege of watching the mother turtle last night. This was fortunate because both the in and out tracks did not lead directly to the nest. Elusive # 18 was left in situ.

Walkers, Rick and Francie Segal discovered the next crawl near the vehicle entrance from Camp St. Christopher. Bill and Eileen Middleton found the eggs for Nest 19, which was behind the front dunes and also left in situ.

Our lucky Walkers Joshua and Amanda Shilko, found the third crawl 250 yards north of the trash can on North Beach. They've found so many nests this year (4) that they're no longer willing to have their picture taken. Something about needing their "private space" and the "burdens of celebrity". Sandy MacCoss and Jane Magioncalda investigated and found Nest 20. This nest was located right on the high tide line and was relocated 10 yards further back. 107 eggs were reburied. 

So far we have 8 nests in the first 7 days of June.

Nests 16 & 17

Nest 16 was reported by Karen Sewell & Betsy Quinn. It is located behind the 5th house north of the Club. Bill Greubel probed and found the eggs. Nest 16 was well above the high tide line and left in situ.

Joshua and Amanda Shilko found the crawl for Nest 17 which was located about 300 yards south of the old pier. Sandy MacCoss and Mike Vinson probed and found the eggs. The top eggs were shallow, but the nest was very deep and 158 eggs were moved to a safer area 20 yards north of the St Christopher boat shed. Judging by her tracks, depth of the nest and the large number of eggs, this was a large turtle.

Nest 15

We have Nest 15!  Alison Bowers went out early and reported a promising crawl about 10 yards north of the trash can.  Bill Greubel responded and found the deep nest. It was about 18 inches down!  The 125 eggs were moved 25 yards north of the trash can and further back on the dune