No turtle activity for Monday nor Tuesday.
Nest #28 inventory results: 88 shells, 11 unhatched and 20 live hatchlings
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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
SEPTEMBER 1! Unbelievable!
Nest #30 had 2 hatchlings this morning.
It is a holiday weekend and our nests are near the public parking area, so we could have crowds. I know you all already do but remember that our job is to protect the hatchlings and see them safely to the water. Educate our visitors about being good stewards of our beach and water as well as all the things we know about our sea turtles.
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.
Nest #28 had 23 hatchlings around 10:00 and another 33 at 11:00.
Nest #27 inventory: 118 shells, 6 unhatched, 5 pipped and 23 live hatchlings.
Nest #27 had a couple more hatchlings during the night.
Nest #23 Inventory and mystery solved (maybe): 56 shells, 5 unhatched, and 1 live hatchlings. So the number was 61 and not 51. Gary’s theory is that it was an input error and we know who does the emails and computer stuff. My theory is fifty-one and sixty-one sound alike and even more alike on a windy beach, AND we know who can’t hear well.
A few more hatchlings from nest #27 and a crab hole in nest #28.
Inventory nest #25: 131 shells, 11 unhatched and 2 dead hatchlings.
Nest #27 hatched; 67 written in the runway.
Nest #25 has a crabhole.
Inventory results for nest #41: 133 shells, 5 unhatched eggs.