And some other interesting "stuff" too.
First off, Nest 4 emerged overnight at Day 51 which is a pretty short incubation. Maybe all that super steamy weather recently helped them develop quickly.
Coyote tracks on outside of cage. They were really trying to get at the nest but we don't think they did. One of the pictures shows a few paw prints inside the cage. We didn't see hatchling tracks at the hole but we turned around towards the ocean and there they were. Such a beautiful sight. We looked around the nest and did not find any tracks behind the cage nor any more coyote tracks.
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| Coyote tracks at Nest 4 |
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| Coyote prints near the emergence hole |
Good thing we put cages over the nests! Keeps those predators out.
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| Nest 3 emerged too |
When we arrived at Nest 3, we found that it had emerged overnight too. Because of the storms overnight we couldn't see tracks at the emergence hole but they were evident in the fan pattern in the damp sand below the nest.
The water next to the jetty was extremely low and there were a few interesting things we saw in the standing water around the rocks.
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| A pair of blue crabs in the rocks of the jetty |
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| Not sure what sort of little fish they were |
All sea turtle monitoring by WISTP is permitted and authorized by SCDNR Marine Conservation Program under MTP500.
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