Waties Island Nest Count

Wednesday, May 15, 2024

Wednesday, May 15th - False Crawl #5

 Our morning started with a sunrise, but as soon as we arrived at the beach and ready to walk, a storm rolled in with heavy rain and lightning.  We waited in the truck for about 25 minutes to let the storm pass.





Storm Clouds moving in

After the storm



 


Wednesday Volunteers walking the long end quickly came across a crawl.

When Leslie and Leslie arrived we found a nice wide crawl, she was 35 inches.  She crawled to the base/side of the dune.  It did not look like she attempted to nest, no thrown sand, and when we probed we were hitting hard sand, and grass roots.  She crawled a little to the side, turned around and headed back over her incoming crawl to return to the ocean.



Incoming crawl - to the left

Outgoing crawl, to the right
crosses
over her incoming



Looks like she just rested







Hoping our next group of Volunteers get a nest!


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