The Tuesday team was in full attendance today. Thankful that Grace and Avery were there to dig! Bill and I walked the short end.
Nest #11R has not been disturbed and is ready for its inventory.
Joined the team at the first suspicious area. This is area is one we are keeping an eye on in case it is a wild nest. Nothing unusual. The crab trap was emptied.
Suspicious area #2 had coyote tracks around it but none right up to where we think the nest might be. We found egg shell pieces in the sand around the nest. They are on the ground to the left in the picture. The hole looked to us like a depression from yesterday's team digging.
We probed all around the area. The ongoing summer winds has left that whole area with very soft sand as demonstrated by the probe.
Grace and Avery began digging (With Leslie's permission) in an area where the probe sank pretty deep but hard some firm sand around it. The walls of the hole seemed to be firm so they kept digging in the soft spot. One small piece of shell was found while digging. Gave up when the hole was too deep.
There were coyote tracks all over the place today. None right up to any nest but lots of them!
It was a cloudy day with rain threatening that turned into a lovely day. No new nest found but still lovely.
