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2021 - TBD

2020 -
Nests: 181 False Crawls: 116
2019 - Nests: 351 False Crawls: 315​
​2018 - Nests: 109 False Crawls: 93
​2017 - Nests: 153 False Crawls: 129
2016 - Nests: 240 False Crawls: 145

First Night Walk of the Season

6/18/2020

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​We had our first night walk on World Sea Turtle Day!
 
We are still running our night walk program this year but it looks a lot different than previous years. You can learn more about this program and pre-register by calling our Environmental Learning Center, 843-869-4430.
 
On our first night walk, following the presentation, we walked all the way to the inlet without a sighting. Once at the inlet we were able to catch the last glimpse of a loggerhead sea turtle before she slipped beneath the waves. Unfortunately, she did not nest and had a very long and tiring looking false crawl. Hopefully she returned later to nest.
 
In the morning, we did not get any photos of the false crawl that we saw, as the high tide had washed it away.
 
On dawn patrol we found 3 new nests and recorded 2 false crawls. This brought our total to 92 nests and 32 false crawls.
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    Leah Schwartzentruber

    Sea Turtle Specialist 
    Edisto Beach State Park
    8377 State Cabin Road
    Edisto Island, SC, 29438

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