I was looking out the 2nd floor bedroom window the other day admiring the view, when I noticed some odd craters in the water below.
There are two visible above, between the reflection of the tree.
As a side note, I did spend an hour the other day raking the beach and it's a little disappointing it doesn't look stunning already! Lots more green stuff and moss to come out.
Anyway, I decided to go a little closer and find out what these circles could be.
They looked pretty identical once I got closer, and there were no hints (like eggs, turtles, or plants) that were going to help me.
There are about 5 in the front area, and as I walked around our point, I found several others. I'm wondering if the recent storm smoothed out the sand so they are more noticeable, or if there was some event that created them (giant hail? tiny meteorites?)
So, back at the ranch, we fired up google. Searches for sandy turtle crawfish (yes I saw a crawfish last weekend while raking!) , and snake nests didn't show anything remotely resembling this. Really glad about the snake thing not having any hits. Turns out it's a fish nest -- pumpkinseeds! And, it's the males that make them. We'll have to keep an eye out in the next week to see how things evolve.
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