Nest 30

Our Walkers enjoyed the cloudy, cool morning, knowing this won't last long. And we have Nest 30!

Lynda Zegers and Lori Porwoll discovered a crawl very near the end of North Beach. At the time both experienced Walkers thought it may be another false crawl; but when Judy Morr probed there were eggs, a nice surprise. 113 eggs were relocated about 200 yards north of the trash can.

Nest 29

Kim Neath, on North Beach, was surprised she could still see a crawl after over 4 inches of rain. She found the crawl just north of the trash can. Bill and Linda Nelson responded and found Nest 29. It was a tough decision, but they decided to move the 140 eggs further back and a little north to a safer location..

Nest 28

All of our Walkers enjoyed the beautiful cool morning on the beach, and we added one more nest.

Josh and Amanda Shilko reported a crawl on North Beach near the spit. It was probed by Valerie and Mark Doane but no eggs were found and it was identified as a false crawl.

A short time later Karen Sewell found a crawl directly behind the 5th house past the Club. Bill and Eileen Middleton probed and found the eggs. Nest 28 was left in situ.

Walkers LuAnn and Ron Sweeny found a LARGE hole north of Boardwalk 6. A picture of Amanda Shilko is attached to show the size of the excavation.

Nests 26 & 27

It was a busy morning on the beach!  Sandi MacCoss called first with a crawl 400 yards south of Boardwalk 2.  Bill Greubel responded and found Nest 26.  The 132 eggs were moved back and 10 yards north to a safer location. 

J-Anna Smith reported a crawl just north of the trash can on North Beach. Valerie and Mark  Doane probed and found Nest 27 which was left in situ.  

There were also 3 false crawls.

Nest 25

Carol Ann Hoffman hit the jackpot today. She first called with a meandering crawl just short of the lagoon. The Middletons responded and probed 3 body pits in wind blown sand but finally had to declare it a false crawl.  Carol Ann continued her walk and called again with two crawls around the curve at the spit, near the Dolphin Watch equipment box.  Both looked promising.  Judy Morr, with Dean Morr's assistance, responded to the first one and Mike Vinson to the second. The first crawl had a definite longer out crawl and the tail drag on the in crawl was deeper.  There HAD to be a nest. There were two body pits with thrown rack between them.  Nest 25 was found below the thrown rack. The mama had indeed lost weight...there were 144 eggs in the nest. The eggs were moved to 200 yards north of the trash can on North Beach. Carol Ann said in her several years of walking, she's had false crawls before but this is her first nest.