Rare photos of a nest "boiling" by Sherry Kelley. They are rare because of also rare daytime (late evening) emergence, and we cannot use flash cameras at night. Maybe they could sense the coming hurricane. It is a great sense of accomplishment to escort the cute little critters down to the surf and watch them swim away. That Thursday Night crew was Bob & Sandy Frantom of course, Sherry Kelley and her friend Donna Palm, plus myself (Ron) and Jackie Boyce, whose Mother donated all that land to Coastal Carolina. Karen Fox was with us on Thursday AM walk when we found the one set of prints coming from Nest # 4.
After seeing photos below, I can see why Karen Fuss called off the walks. However, Jackie, who as a private owner, has her own keys, and I will walk regularly to check on any tracks, etc. We can dream can't we?
Monday Night, Jackie invited me, Karen Fox, Bob and Sandy Frantom, Sherry Kelley and Donna Palm out for a walk. Donna could not go but the rest of us walked, and we were amazed at all the sand dunes had been cleared for 15 to 20 feet, which obviously would include the nests.
However, there was much trash, and many crab traps washed up on beach. We did free two stone crabs from one of the traps, and Karen got a nice Channel Whelk shell (empty) from another. We all commented about how much grief we feel from the loss of the 11 turtle nests.
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