See below for a new video from Miss Murtle! We both got to help assist setting up the shorebird nesting habitat earlier this month. We are happy that our shorebirds will be protected now. Be sure to like and subscribe so you don't miss any future Murtle videos!

Have you ever been on one of our night walks? They are a lot of fun and you have the possibility to see a sea turtle! See the poster below for more information. This program requires advanced registration - so give us a call at the Environmental Learning Center.

We are so excited to not only have our first sea turtle nest of the summer but have our first three nests! Last night three sea turtles came ashore our state park beach to lay eggs. All three nests were left in situ as they were in a good location. We have collected data for each nest and have them roped off. 

How many nests do you think we will have this summer? Our record is 240 back in 2016, perhaps this will be another record year?!

See below for more photos taken from the patrol this morning.

The first nest has been recorded in South Carolina! It was found on May 8th on Daufuskie Island. We are still waiting for our first nest but it should be any day now.

This morning we had to rescue a llama from the marsh! It is sad that we have this toy littering our beach, however, it did give us some comic relief! Driving around with this llama in our golf cart sure made us laugh!

Stay tuned for the blog to find out when our first nest arrives.

We have seen leatherback sea turtles off our beach for the past few weeks. It is always exciting to see them popping up for air. They are currently on their northward migration and are feeding on the cannonball jellyfish that are in our waters.

Below are a few photographs captured by Jerome Simmons, thanks for the photos!

I know everyone is excited for the return of our nesting loggerhead sea turtles, I definitely am. We have been on 3 patrols now and have yet to see any turtle activity, other than the very cool sand sculpture created by visitors to our state park beach. Stay tuned to the blog to hear about when our first nest arrives, it should be any day now. I have created a video showing the first morning patrol, check it out below. I announce in the video that I am going to try going "Plastic Free" during the nesting loggerhead season. What this means is that I am going to attempt to not purchase anything with plastic. It sounds like a tough thing to do as you look around in the grocery store and all you see are items packaged in plastic. I am excited to take on this challenge though and will be posting more video content to show how things are going. Stay tuned for plastic free living tips!

Miss Murtle is out with a new video, "Straws" A spoken word by Miss Murtle the Talkin' Turtle. She is excited to share her message on straws and hopes to inspire people to "stop sucking". Will you join Miss Murtle and say "NO" to straws or bring in a reusable?