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

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

Nest #4 at Station 26 was left in a rather low spot at the base of the primary dune where it was laid on June 24. It was found by Karen Bartlett and Ginger Colvin. We didn't know how many eggs were laid because we left the nest to incubate in situ which it did for 50 days. It was threated by tidal erosion on August 9 which washed away several inches of sand but did not expose the eggs. Then it had the usual threats from ghost crabs digging into it and even some ants the night