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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

Night Walk 6/28/18 - A SUCCESS!

6/29/2018

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We had another successful night walk last night! This turtle made us work though as we walked the 1.5 miles to the inlet. We waited for a few minutes in the hopes that a turtle would start her crawl so we could witness it on our trek back. We waited the perfect amount of time as we saw a sea turtle not too far from the inlet. We all got to watch her lay her eggs, cover and then return to the ocean. With the full moon, we saw her easily crawl back to the ocean without any red flashlights. She was a smaller sea turtle compared to the other turtles we have seen on our night walks. She measured 31" in width and 33 1/2" in length. Perhaps this is her first nesting season? The genetics will let us know more once they test her egg shell for DNA. 

The following morning our intern, Jill, and our volunteer, Nona, found two new nests and two false crawls. The nest we saw last night is marked as #62 on our state park beach. If you would like to adopt nest 62, click on the button below to be taken to the adoption page. The Unique ID for nest 62 is: 227573. The proceeds from nest adoptions goes back to our sea turtle program.
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Elizabeth Daly
7/2/2018 10:30:01 am

Thank you to your group for providing us with an opportunity to see this. Everyone was very knowledgeable and friendly and we learned alot. Loved, being able to see her nesting.

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Suzanne M
7/2/2018 06:25:02 pm

Thanks for a great, informative, presentation. We are so glad we were on a walk where a turtle nested, for many reasons, but most importantly to me was that June 28 was my birthday and seeing a sea turtle nest certainly made it a memorable one! I look forward to reading about the genetic data of "our" turtle when the results come in.

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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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