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Final Turtle Count for 2022 Season - Nests: 351 False Crawls: 236
2023 - stay tuned.

Night Walk 6/10 - Success!

6/11/2017

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PictureMeeting a future marine biologist!



We had so much fun on our night walk last night! We had a full house of 30 individuals signed up. After walking a mile down our beach, we got to see a loggerhead sea turtle finish covering her egg chamber and then head to the ocean. Everyone was so ecstatic, the turtle even got a round of applause after she left!






​I was on morning patrol the following day with two volunteers, Ray and Ashby, and we were busy! It started with a difficult nest right next to the Finn's pier. Her body pit was massive as she did many turns and made it hard on us. After a little while, Ashby found the egg chamber!

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We had to relocate this nest as it was too low and would get washed over many times, which could impact the success of this nest. So, we relocated it to a higher location. By the time we were relocating, the church group was setting up for their Sunday service! The nest even got serenaded by the guitarist!
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We had a total of 5 loggerhead sea turtle nests and one false crawl. The nest from the night walk is number 59! In order to adopt the nest, click the button below to be taken to the adoption page. The unique ID for the nest is: 195314
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Scottie Moore
6/11/2017 02:53:36 pm

I never get tired of seeing these amazing turtles. Thank you for such a wonderful evening last night and following the turtle out to the ocean brought tears to my eyes. All of you do a wonderful job to protect these incredible animals. Thanks to you and all the volunteers who work so hard all summer. Being on the beach with a full moon searching for turtles is my kind of Disney World. The work you do is appreciated.

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Leah Schwartzentruber
6/13/2017 03:15:42 pm

Thank-you for your kind comment. We love what we do and we are so grateful to be able to help save these amazing animals. We are so happy you and your group joined us for our night walk program and that we got to see a nesting loggerhead!

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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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