Dennis and Jerry begin completing the datasheet.
Three days in a row and another nest is found in Kitty Hawk! As the team takes measurements of the crawl, they notice a drag mark down the center. It looks like it might be another turtle with a barnacle on her plastron (or the same turtle we’ve been seeing through the summer??) .
This crawl shows a barnacle drag.
Nesting responders dig under the pile of sand on the incoming tracks to find the egg chamber.
Nesting responders work together to confirm eggs and to collect a DNA sample. The DNA will help us to know how many nests this turtle has laid this season.
Nesting Responders pose for nest "22" in Kitty Hawk.