Monday, August 26

Morning patrol:  

  • Fox invasion at nest 81.  11 shells on the beach plus 1 broken egg still in the nest.
  • Nest 75 had a few hatchling tracks
  • Nest 73 had a small crab hole

Last night: 

Inventories:

  • Nest 37 – 50 unhatched eggs and 13 spacer eggs still in the nest.  43 shells were counted the day the fox invaded.
  • Nest 47 – 34 unhatched eggs and 13 shells.  6 shells were counted on the beach on 7/28 (fox)
  • Nest 67 – 130 shells, 7 unhatched, 1 pipped and 5 live hatchlings