Saturday, August 17

Morning patrol:  

  • Nest 46 hatched during the night 
  • Nest 57 hatched and 1 dead hatchling (crab victim) still in the runway

Last night: 

Inventories:

  • Nest 52 – 104 shells, 12 unhatched, 3 dead and 1 live hatchlings
  • Nest 56 – 121 shells, 2 unhatched, 7 pipped and 9 live hatchlings

Friday, August 16

Morning patrol:  It has rained so hard it’s hard to tell if anything has hatched but nest 46 had a big indent, nests 52 & 54 had big crab holes

Last night:

  • Nest 54 hatched a little after 10
  • Nest 51 had 2 hatchlings at 9:00

Inventories:

Nest 50 – 103 shells, 11 unhatched and 5 live hatchlings

Thursday, August 15

Morning patrol:

  • Nest 62 crab hole and egg shell on top
  • Nest 61 crab hole, 1 hatchling track
  • 54 crab hole
  • 45 crab hole
  • 56 crab hole, 1 dead hatchling
  • 52 crab hole

Last night:

  • Nest 51 had 9 hatchlings emerge

Inventories:

  • Nest 48 – 131 shells, 19 unhatched and 4 live
  • Nest 49 –  88 shells, 47 unhatched, 1 dead and 3 live hatchlings
  • Nest 53 – 114 shells, 14 unhatched and 4 live hatchlings

Wednesday, August 14

Morning patrol:

It was raining and has rained enough to cover any evidence of tracks.  Nest 63 and 61 both had crevices that were big enough to indicate hatched but it was just too hard to tell.   Green is at every nest up to 61 plus 63.  We will take it to 62 after an inventory tonight.

Last night:

  • Nest 52 had 72 hatchlings making it to the water around 10:00
  • Nest 56 hatched around 11:30 with 65 hatchlings

Inventory:

None last night

Tuesday, August 13

Morning patrol:

  • Nest 51 had 1 hatchling track all the way to the sea.  We will call it first emergence.
  • Nest 50 hatched with lots of hatchlings emerging during the night. 1 dead hatchling nearby.
  • Nest 49 had lots of tracks.

Last night:

  • Nest 53 had 12 more hatchlings around 11:00 last night

Inventory:

  • Nest 42 – 115 shells, 6 unhatched, 1 pipped and 6 live hatchlings
  • Nest 43 – 85 shells, 4 unhatched, 2 dead and 2 live hatchlings
  • Nest 44 – 84 shells, 29 unhatched, 19 pipped and 13 live hatchlings
  • Nest 55 – 86 shells, 6 unhatched, 25 pipped, 7 dead and 55 live hatchlings
  • Nest 104 – 93 shells, 2 unhatched and 1 dead hatchling

Monday, August 12

Morning patrol:

  • Nest 48 hatched during the night with lots of tracks
  • Nest 49 had a couple of tracks- 1st emergence
  • Nest with hatchling tracks- 43(few), 55(1), 49(few) 

Last night:

  • Nest 53 boiled around 9:00 with 100 +/- hatchlings

Inventory:

  • Nest 18 – 59 shells, 4 unhatched and 11 spacer eggs
  • Nest 32 –  104 shells, 2 unhatched, 3 pipped and 1 live hatchling
  • Nest 34 – 126 shells, 6 unhatched and 1 dead hatchling
  • Nest 41 – 110 shells, 5 unhatched, 2 pipped and 1 live hatchling

Sunday, August 11

Morning patrol:

  • Nests 44 had a dead hatchling, 55 had 2 turtle tracks, 42 had 1 dead hatchling, 2 tracks to the water and “9” written in runway, 41 had a big crab hole and an eggshell on top
  • Crab holes – 79, 43, 51, 32, 42, 41

Last night:

  • Nest 55 had a dead hatchling by the nest
  • Nest 104! Wildnest.  Jamie saw tracks converging so we dug and came across hatchlings so we left it for inventory on Tuesday.

Inventory:

  • Nest 30 – 115 shells and 7 unhatched
  • Nest 35 – 106 shells, 13 unhatched and 2 pipped
  • Nest 38 – 111 shells and 9 unhatched
  • Nest 40 – 110 shells, 4 unhatched, 6 pipped, 4 dead and 7 live
  • Nest 103 wildnest located and inventoried- 136 shells, 1 unhatched and 1 live hatching 

Saturday, August 10

Morning patrol:

  • Nests 43 and 55 hatched during the night
  • Nests had more hatchlings: 18 (1), 44 (lots), 55 (2 live in the runway and 2 already watched by visitors), 40 (few + 1 dead) 
  • Crab holes – 41, 48 and 68

Last night:

  • Nest 32 had 2 more hatchlings emerge
  • Nest 42 boiled around 10:45 with 69 hatchlings
  • Nest 44 had a slow boil with 41 hatchlings eventually making it to the water

Inventory:

  • Nest 29 – 147 shells and 20 unhatched (Big Nest 167 eggs)
  • Nest 36 – 112 shells, 5 unhatched, 3 pipped and 2 live
  • Nest 39 – 100 shells, 4 unhatched and 7 live

Friday, August 9

Did y’all hear the Hallelujah Chorus a little after 10 last night?  Nest 18 finally hatched at 66 days.  Team 2 has been sitting at nest 18 for 2 WHOLE WEEKS and finally….

Morning patrol:

  • Nests had more hatchlings: 41 (several), 39 (several), 42 (1), 40 (several), 35 (some), 34 (1), 
  • Crab holes – 73, 74, 32, 55

Last night:

  • Nest 41 boiled @9:15 with 87 hatchlings 
  • Nest 34 boiled at 9:45 with 116 hatchlings
  • Nest 18 boiled @10:15-ish with 57 hatchling
  • Nest 32 caved in at 11, boiled at 12:40 with 95 hatchlings
  • Nest 42 had 1 hatchling at 11:30

Inventory nest 27 – 107 shells, 6 unhatched, 1 dead and 1 live hatchling