Oh what a beautiful morning ... oh, what a glorious day! Everything's coming up ... well, turtles!!
We have Nest #04!
This Momma came up the beach and headed straight to the dunes. She thought about nesting but changed her mind and went a little further up towards the top of dune. Perfect!
Her crawl was 34" wide. she laid a shallow nest; only 5-6' deep. Nest was easily found on ocean side of crescent body pit. She left the beach not as quickly as she came, twisting and turning along her way to the surf.
All sea turtle monitoring by Waties
Island Sea Turtle Patrol is permitted and authorized by the SCDNR Marine
Turtle Conservation Program under Marine Turtle Permit MT500.
Text and pictures by Melissa F
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