Between 6:31 and 6:41 AM three crawls were reported and 3 teams of Probers were dispatched to the beach. Eventually, each crawl turned out to be a nest.
Rachel Carter and Karen Sewell called in first with a crawl right at boardwalk 6. Valerie and Mark Doane probed, with guidance from Bill and Linda Nelson who had the privilege of watching the mother turtle last night. This was fortunate because both the in and out tracks did not lead directly to the nest. Elusive # 18 was left in situ.
Walkers, Rick and Francie Segal discovered the next crawl near the vehicle entrance from Camp St. Christopher. Bill and Eileen Middleton found the eggs for Nest 19, which was behind the front dunes and also left in situ.
Our lucky Walkers Joshua and Amanda Shilko, found the third crawl 250 yards north of the trash can on North Beach. They've found so many nests this year (4) that they're no longer willing to have their picture taken. Something about needing their "private space" and the "burdens of celebrity". Sandy MacCoss and Jane Magioncalda investigated and found Nest 20. This nest was located right on the high tide line and was relocated 10 yards further back. 107 eggs were reburied.
So far we have 8 nests in the first 7 days of June.
