Loggerhead Nest 2 Should be Getting Close to Hatching

Loggerhead Nest 2 on Dewees is close to hatching.  Here’s a picture taken on the morning of July 26.

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Old Sandbags Exposed by Beach Erosion

Several old sand bags near Osprey Walk have been exposed by erosion of the front beach.  I’ve been told that the sand bags were put down after Hurricane Hugo, but pre-date the development of Dewees that started in the early 1990’s.  I’m not aware of a written source that says when they were installed on [...]

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Swimmers Beware

When you see buoy on floating in the water just off the front beach of Dewees it probably means there’s a tree stump under there.  Stay clear in order to avoid get hurt.

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Beach Stumps

Erosion of the front beach north of Gary McGraw’s walkway has exposed some tree stumps.  They are visible at low tide, but hidden under the waves at low tide.  The island staff might want to cut them out or mark them with buoys so that no one dives into them when the tide is high.

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Erosion and Accretion

On July 20, I published a picture of Gary McGraw’s walkway showing how much sand Tropical Depression 3 took from Dewees on July 18/19.  Just a week later much of the sand seems to have returned.  Here’s a picture of Gary’s walkway taken this morning.

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Google Maps and Google Earth Maps of Dewees Turtle Nests

We have amazing maps showing the location of Dewees loggerhead sea turtle nests for 2006, 2007 and 2008.
Click here to see them using Google Maps.
To see them using Google Earth, download Google Earth and then click here.
Christina Lanzieri, one the 3 turtle interns on Dewees (and Cape Roman) this summer, created the maps using GPS [...]

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Kathy Rush of Lexington, KY watched a turtle nest

July 23 — Around 11:30 p.m. during the middle of a lighting storm, Kathy Rush and her extended family watched for about 5 minutes as a loggerhead turtle nested on Dewees Island.  The Rushes returned again early on the morning of July 24 to watch the Dewees Turtle Team verify the location of the nest [...]

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Damage to Dewees Marina Piling Dolphin

It looks like the barge has done some damage to the piling dolphin (a dolphin is a group of pilings strapped together) at the Dewees Marina.  Here’s a picture take today (July 22):

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Beach Plants

I set a “research and learn” goal for myself of learning the names of all the plants on Dewees between the front beach and the wax myrtle by September.  Here are two that I don’t know the names of:
If you know the names, please let me know.  If you’re name is Lori, how about giving [...]

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Anyone know why ghost crabs collect garbage?

Whether its natural or man-made, ghost crabs like to collect garbage and put it near their holes on the beach.  If you know why, please let the rest of us know.
Check out these ghost crab pictures from July 22 on the South end of Dewees’s front beach.

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