Our nesting loggerheads really seem to prefer the north end of the island in spite of the severe erosion. Paige Hauff and Diane Troy discovered tracks from last night at Ocean Club Villas and at Cedar Creek in Dewees Inlet that had the same measurement. But in both places, the steeply eroded beach apparently did not suit her, and she went back into the ocean without laying eggs. Nest #18: But another slightly smaller turtle crawled up near 57th Avenue and laid 122 eggs. Gilli

Nest #17: Another new nest found today. This one in the center area of the island at the 32A Access Path. Barbara Allen, Sue Googer and Jane Powers are part of a group of retired teachers who cover Thursdays from 30 to 49th Avenues. They spotted tracks at the 32A path this morning, but the eggs were laid on the flat part of the beach below the spring tide flood line where service trucks from IOPPD and IOPFD drive regularly. There were 80 eggs that were relocated at that same

Nest 16: Once again Gina and Doug McQuilken and their grand dog Luna found a nest at the north end of the Isle of Palms. This one was laid just northeast of 61 Ocean Point Drive in Wild Dunes. While the average clutch size for loggerheads is around 120 eggs, this one contained only 48 eggs, less than half what is expected. Nest 16 was relocated to a spot near the 30th Avenue Access Path. Nest 5: Laure and Bob Snyder discovered tracks on the beach on Sullivan's at the Access P

Nest #15: Our turtles are very busy this time of year. This morning Harold and Sandy Hirschmann were on patrol at the north end of the Isle of Palms. But Julie Vaccaro and her daughters Hannah and Sarah from Avon Lake, Ohio were visiting our island and spotted a body pit with very short tracks just northeast of Ocean Club Villas near Dewees Inlet. This contained 74 eggs that were taken to near the 30th Avenue Access Path for relocation. Sand pumping is to start on the beach a