Nest #27 hatched – August 16, 2016

No activity this morning.

Nest 27 hatched last night.  73 emerged around 10:00 and 3 more about 11:00 and it was just 47 days.  I really don’t know what to think.  Green has been delivered up to nest 37 so check your nests.

Inventories last night

Nest 21  – 123 shells, 11 unhatched, 3 dead and 5 live
Nest 23  –  101 shells, 30 unhatched

Nest #21 hatched – August 13, 2016

No new activity.

From Team 1:  Lots of action Friday night.  After several long nights of monitoring, we watched nest 21 boil–day 54–at 9:45 with 114 hatchlings.   After finishing at nest 21, we hurried to nest 23 to discover it had caved in—day 53.  It boiled with 99  hatchlings at about 11:40.  Those 99 hatchlings slept at the top of the nest for a while but once in the runway they were the fastest I have ever seen.  They were down that long runway and into the water in five minutes.

Nest 24 inventory results last night:  92 shells, 5 unhatched and 1 live

Nest 25 inventory tonight at 7:00

Morning patrol watched this little guy swim away from nest 21 this morning.

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Nest #21 hatching

 

 

Nest #26 Hatched – August 12, 2016

No new activity.

Nests 24 inventory tonight at 7:00

Nest 25 had a couple more turtles emerge during the night.  Inventory Saturday at 7:00.

Nest 26 hatched during the night, got sprinkled on then a couple more came out. That was just 48 days.  Inventory Sunday.

Other creatures I countered today:  1- a dog on the beach tried to hitch a ride and  2- a lady told us that she had used the broom on the nest at Barbee (OKI) to shoo away a possum.  We checked because we were close and no harm done.

 

Nest #25 Hatched – August 11, 2016

No false crawls, no new nests.

Nests 24 had more turtles hatch last night.  We swept inside the cage and a short distance on the runway.  Inventory Friday at 7:00.

Nest 25 had 21 turtles emerge at 8:30, 57 more at 9:00 for a total of 78 with many excited visitors.  More turtles emerge after initial hatch.  There were tracks in the runway over the hatch number and there were tracks inside the cage. We swept inside the cage and a short distance on the runway. Inventory Saturday at 7:00.

Nest #19 inventory results: 46 shells, 58 unhatched, 7 pipped.

Nest #22 inventory results: 123 shells, 14 unhatched, 8 pipped and 12 live hatchlings.

Nest #24 Hatched – August 10, 2016

No new activity.

Nest #24 hatched at 9:02 last night and at 9:18 we were talking about how fast those 87 hatchlings made it to the water.  Hatched at 50 days. The inventory will be Friday.

Nest #22 had several more during the night and one in the runway this morning.  Inventory is tonight at 7:00pm.

Nest #19 will be inventoried tonight at 7:00pm.

This was near nests 22 & 24 last night and another one near the pier this morning.

Visitor to nests #22 & #24
Visitor to nests #22 & #24