It was a hot mornieng out on the island and the Sunday team had a lot in store for them! Erin and Elissa walked the short end and Billie Jo Karen and Tammy walked the long end. The Sunday team walked for about 30 minutes before Erin recieved a call that there was a crawl. She instrtucted the long end group to keep walking and she would meet them once she was done looking at the crawl. Everyone kept walking, and about 20 minutes went by before Erin recieved the call about another crawl. Except this nest was at the very end of the long end, which is not a great area for nests due to the high tide line and little amount of beach at the end of the island. Erin worked the first crawl quickly when she realized that it was a false crawl and the mama turtle came in, turned around and left. There was no body pit at all.
Leslie came and joined the Sunday team with her truck to assist with the nest at the jetty. The volunteers were very happy to see her when they realized the nest needed to be relocated and it was 90º outside.
It was easy to find the nest and everyone was very excited to count 108 eggs!
Once all the eggs were removed from the original nest, the team found a new, more suitable location and got to work digging and creating the new nest.
It turned out to be a very eventul and educational morning and the Sunday team was very happy to finally have a nest on their day!
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