Author: Caswell Turtle Watch

The evening on the beach was nerve wrecking. The tide came all the way to the dune at Tom Hess walkway. The 4 nests there were covered. Green was washing away.

Nests 33 and 36 inventories were scheduled for the evening but nest 34 was done a day early because the water was a couple of feet away and still rising. Nest 26 was at 70 days.

The nesting sight east of the Baptist walkover and beside nest 34 hatched during yesterday’s rain and inventoried just before high tide. Nest #42!

Nest 26: 124 unhatched eggs
Nest 34: 92 shells and 4 unhatched eggs
Nest 33: 91 unhatched eggs, 28 shells, 1 live hatchling with really small front flippers
Nest 36: 88 shells, 10 unhatched, 2 pipped dead, 2 pipped live and 14 live hatchlings
Nest 42: 113 shells, 5 unhatched, 1 dead and 5 live hatchlings

We’ve picked up green at Tom Hess. Nests 37, 39 and 40 seem to be okay for now.

Nest #32 hatched during the night and 1 hatchling in the runway this morning

Nest #34 hatched with 92 hatchlings making their way to the water around 9:53.

Nest #33 had a few more during the night.

Team #8 inventoried nest #29 this morning. Results: 36 unhatched eggs and 18 shells.

Nest #33 had 8 hatchlings make their way around 8:00 last night then a bunch more during the night.

Nest #36 had about 70 hatchlings around 10:15 that were very misguided by the lighthouse.

Nest #29 has had 1st emergence. The track went down the runway and back to the nest but no hatchling around.

No turtle activity for Monday nor Tuesday.

Nest #28 inventory results: 88 shells, 11 unhatched and 20 live hatchlings

No news this morning.

Nest #30 Inventory results: 122 shells, 8 unhatched, 1 pipped and 11 live hatchlings

Nest #30 had one more hatchling or so during the night.

Nest #28 had another hatchling or so during the night.

Nest #30 had 97 hatchling race to the water around 10:00.

Nest #28 had 1 more around 8:30 and another during the night.