Waties Island Sea Turtle Monitoring

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  Tracks from a nesting female
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  Female searching for nesting site due to berm formation from storm.
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  Volunteers locate nest chamber in order to cage the center of the nest.
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  Loggerhead eggs are the size and shape of ping pong balls.
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  Monitors use cage to protect eggs from fox and raccoon predation.
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  Nests are enclosed with cage and marked with SC DNR signage.
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  These hatchling tracks are easily visible to the morning walkers.
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  Several days after hatching, a nest inventory is performed.
  
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  Hatchling found in the nest during the inventory.
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  Hatchling found during the inventory makes its trek to the ocean.
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  Hatchling swimming away from the beach and towards the Sargasso Sea.