Nest #32, 4 false crawls & Humans committing a Federal Offense by interferring with a turtle nest.

Despite the fireworks and lots of foot traffic we had 2 nests and 4 false crawls this morning.  False crawls of 37” at Marker 51, 36” at Marker 52.1  and two of 41” at Marker 54 and Marker 58.2. Nest #32 with a 37” crawl was laid in the escarpment at the Baptists (Marker 52.1) and 97 eggs were moved to Marker 55.2.  Nest #33 with a 36” crawl  was laid at Marker 65.5.  Nest #12 cage was pulled out of the ground and bent but we located the eggs and replaced it.  It is not easy to dislodge the cages which are buried several inches down so this is a case of people interfering with a turtle nest – a Federal Offense.