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