When we got to the island the first thing we noticed...hordes of mosquitoes! Definitely a nuisance!
Leslie came out with us today. I walked the long end and saw some places the ghost crabs were working but no other signs of activity. Looked for eggs and sifted through ghost crab throw up sand but found none. Lots of trash though.
Bill walked the short end and then picked up the large trash still on the island. Leslie also filled her truck.
Leslie went first to nest #9 where she finished up marking yesterday's find.
Leslie then went to #10, probed, and found its exact location. We then worked to put in poles and marked them.We coordinated two GPS locations and they matched them to info on nest card.
We went to 16R and compared the pix from 7/30/20 to the current pole situation. There was a about a foot of sand on top of the nest. We removed the extra sand, marked the secondary pole and inserted a fresh reed.
By this time the weather was threatening. Thunder, rain and black out over the ocean. We were ready to escape the mosquito army!
Flossie, Bill and Leslie
