Island Turtle Team - Isle of Palms - Sullivan's Island

Another Wild Dunes nest in the renourishment project area beginning this month. Allen Owens, Bryan Stevens, Laura Lovins and Holly Baron found their second nest of the season after finding their first one on May 28 in this same place at Tidewater Port O' Call condominiums. This is Nest #25 and contained 128 eggs. Relocation took them to a good spot between the 30th and 30A beach access paths away from the area to have sand pumped on the beach. CLICK ON IMAGE TO SEE THE WHOLE

NEST #7 was laid on July 10 when Jeremy Anspach was on patrol. It was up against the steep scarp at Station 17, what we call the Jungle Path, and the tracks were mostly washed away by the high tide - only about 10-15 feet long. That is why our volunteers always walk at the high tide line to look for new tracks. It contained 105 eggs that were moved to Station 18 ½ and incubated for 52 days. Today we found that 66 eggs our of the 105 had hatched with 38 undeveloped. The roots