here are the pics from the previous post

Atlantic beach nest moved to Waites

On Saturday June 28Th Jamie and Matt found a nest on Atlantic Beach. Matt,Jamie,Barbara and Steve brought the 148 eggs to waites island to their new home. Nancy , Linda, Charlie and Karen had just finished checking the island with no new nests to report when Nancy got the call that the eggs were being transported. We were asked do we want to stay and help and we simultaneously answered yes! What a memorable experience to help dig the hole for the new nest and then remove eggs ever so carefully one by one from the bucket to the new nest. Check out the pictures but they can't convey how exciting it was to be part of the transfer. I know I'm looking forward to seeing those little turtles born. Now we have a total of 5 nests on Waites island.
posted by the foxes on june 29th

Saturday Morning Walkers-Atlantic Beach Nest

We were on the beach by 5:00AM. All was quiet although the beach was littered with all kinds of lumber. We moved alot of this lumber back behind the high tide line, but seemed to barely make a dent in the debris. But,then we were rewarded by a beautiful sunrise as we approached the jetty.

Then, as we were leaving the beach, the call came in that Jamie and Matt from the Coastal Carolina University Turtle Patrol had discovered a nest in the Atlantic Beach area and were moving it to Waties. A hole was quickly dug and the eggs were carefully transferred to their new home, all 148!!

This newly relocated nest is just north of the entrance to the beach, not to far from Friday's relocated nest from Cherry Grove. It is labeled 2R NMB.

Great job Jamie and Matt.

But... where are the Waties Island Turtles?

Posted by Linda M.

First Nest on North Myrtle Beach Moved to Waties

On Friday morning, Jamie and Matt found a crawl in North Myrtle Beach just above 46th Avenue N. This was a big turtle; her track width was 39". There were even a few people on the beach who saw the turtle lay her eggs although there were no photos taken.

The turtles who lay on this beach have lots of obstacles to crawl around.

There were 130 eggs in the nest. One broken egg was found, but the other 129 were packed up and moved to a new location on Waties Island with the help of Bob, Barb and Steve. When you are walking, check the new nest just above the entrance to the beach. It is marked as 1R - NMB.

So there are turtles out there and hopefully they will be visiting our island soon!

You Never Know What You'll Find on the Beach...

And today was a "Message in a Bottle" - From three young girls who were visiting Myrtle Beach a few weeks ago. Karen and Chuck Fox found the bottle and took pictures of the messages. They will call the girls to tell them about finding the bottle and their messages. Exciting for them!

Thursday's Turtleday Team finds this High Barnacle Betty's nest.

Yesterday Barbara told us that usually when you have a false crawl you have a pretty good chance of the turtle coming back again the next night and she was right. Barnacle Betty made her third nest near marker 1 on June 19th. This time nine volunteers were on hand to witness Betty's third nest. Maybe she'll be back again!

Barnacle Betty returns to WI again

Kathy,Marie,Dale,Debbie,Corky and Karen set out at 6:00 a.m. to check for turtle tracks and found just before marker #3 that Betty visited Waites Island again. Her tracks were very interesting but we could not find any eggs. False crawl but still very exciting. We all got to help Barbara and Steve check for her eggs. We are hoping she comes back this evening and lays some eggs this time. I will be out walking in the morning with my camera ready. A special Thank You to Barbara for helping Chuck and I set up our first blog entry.

Where Are Those Turtles??

A beautiful morning on the beach, but no turtle tracks. The beach is clean (thanks to all you wonderful walkers), but WATCH YOUR TOES IF YOU GO IN THE WATER! This morning we saw a shark in the surf - I mean almost on the beach - up near the jetty and the top end of the island. Maybe a sand shark? and about 3 feet long. Unfortunately he didn't stay around to pose for a photo.

But there was the beginning of a six-pack...

Hope we get some crawls soon.

Barb D.

Nest #2 "Barnacle Betty" Returns!

Thursday Team found Nest #2 right past marker #4  (Fox 1st, of course) @ 6:30 am. 

The crawl was long, tracks far apart, our 'Barnacle Betty' (tracks same as 5/21/08 1st nest) nested high above the dunes. 

Our nest was open, visited by the foraging fox...10 broken eggs and 1 egg yolk from the eggs found outside the nest.   

Steve checked the nest and found 2 broken eggs which were removed.  We checked in and around the nest for any sign of egg yolk,  but did not find any!

Team covered the nest; the cage was set securely deep in the sand.  

Congratulations to the Thursday Team and all our new walkers.

Karen Fox, Matt Ruby, Ron Alexander , Valerie and Ray Oksala, Sandy and Bob Frantom.

Posted by Nancy Mercurio