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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 7/26/18 - A busy turtle night!

7/27/2018

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We had a busy and unusual night walk! I had gotten a call around 8:15 p.m. that there were hatchlings seen at nest 20. Concerned beach goers called the DNR hotline as they were not sure if they were okay. Before hatchlings emerge or "boil" they seem very dormant but they are just waiting for that perfect moment. 

So, we started out night walk by going on to the beach to witness nest 20 emerging! It was an amazing sight to see. Afterwards we went back to the WIFI room to watch the loggerhead presentation by our intern, Skyler. After the presentation, we did not have to walk very far and there was a nesting sea turtle near a campground access. We waited until she was in her "trance" and was laying her eggs. We got to see her laying her eggs and begin to cover. We headed back before she finished as lightning was starting to get uncomfortably close. However, we an amazing turtle show already!

The following morning our intern, Jill and our volunteer, Nona, found three nests that had emerged last night and the one new nest! So the nest we saw last night is marked as nest #103 on our state park beach. If you would like to adopt this nest, click on the button below to be taken to our adoption page. The unique ID for this nest is: 233127. Part of the proceeds from nest adoptions goes back to our EBSP turtle program. See below for a few pictures taken on morning patrol!
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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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