Author: Susan Holbrooks

Nest #51 looks like it hatched during the night even though tracks were not visible due to rain.

 Two inventories last night: nest #48 – 96 shells & 6 unhatched eggs, nest #49 – 61 shells, 3 unhatched & 1 pipped

 

Nest #49 boiled last night around 8:45 with 61 turtles making into the ocean.

Nest #48 had a couple more tracks. 

Nests #42 , #44 and #46 all hatched during the night.

 

Nest #36 hatched during the night and a man watched 1 more hatchling get into the water this morning.

Nest #45 had one turtle come out during the night after having a huge hole yesterday evening…just 47 days.

Nests #34, #37 and #38 all had at least one new turtle track this morning.

Nests #35 was inventoried yesterday. 2 unhatched eggs, 4 pipped dead, 2 dead and 14 live hatchlings.

Nests #31 was inventoried last evening and produced 115 egg shells, 0 unhatched…..100% hatch rate. 

Many of you will not remember Bert Felton, but those who have been around for a while know that Bert was devoted to our Caswell Beach Turtle Watch program.  In memory of Bert, the team members that sat many nights with him in front of the villas are adopting Nest #31.  They decided to make the adoption through our local program so that funds would remain in our program.  Contribute if you would like, contribute with funds or contribute with time or a story to honor of our dear friend, Bert Felton.  Team 5 along with many of the older villas team members will begin sitting Nest #31 tonight until hatching.  Please stop by.

 

Nest #23 had 2 more hatchlings emerge.

Nest #25 had at least 2 hatchlings come out

Nest #28 had an egg on top this morning and several crab holes

 

Inventory for Nest #26 will be tonight at 7:00

 

Three nests hatched last night:
#16 with 74 hatchlings
#15 hatched late at night and 4 more hatchlings emerged at 6:00 am.
#18 apparently hatched overnight

Nest #64!!!! Located at marker 66 with a 32 inch crawl

2 false crawls today, 33″ @ marker 68 and 35″ @ marker 73.9 Nests #11 & #17 each had 2 more hatchlings emerge during the night Nests #15, #16 & #18 all still have crevices…..maybe tonight.

 

 

 

No new activity except for large crab holes in #7 and #10.