SC Nest Counter

Waties Island is a 2.7 mile private undeveloped barrier island at the border of North and South Carolina. Under a permit from SC Department of Natural Resources to help protect the sea turtle, we are at it again this season! The site will be updated often, so please feel free to bookmark us and visit us again to see what's new!

Waties Island Nest Counter

Sunday, June 13, 2010

A SAMPLE OF WHAT WE FOUND ON WATIES SATURDAY





Another beautiful sunrise!





Here is a picture of Sargaassum Grass for those of you who wondered what it looked like. This is the grass that the sea turtle hatchlings swim out to immediately after leaving the nest. Note the tiny little air beads. This floats and allows the hatchlings to remain near the surface protected while they rest and feed.






The red barnacles are Megabalanus Coccopoma Barnacles. They are non-indigenous to our area. The white barnacles attached are white tulip barnacles. We found this one Saturday with three live Star Fish on it.

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