Thursday, August 26

Wednesday Night:

  • Nest #42 Inventory
    • Live Hatchlings-0
    • Dead Hatchlings-0
    • Pipped Eggs-0
    • Unhatched Eggs-10
    • Hatched Egg Shells-45
  • Nest #47 Inventory
    • Live Hatchlings-3
    • Dead Hatchlings-0
    • Pipped Eggs-0
    • Unhatched Eggs-1
    • Hatched Egg Shells-110
  • Nest #56 boiled a little before 10:00 with 109 hatchlings heading straight to the ocean!
  • Nest #61 hatched a little later with about 67 hatchlings, 7 who were just a little bit disoriented.

Thursday Morning:

  • Nest #51 hatched overnight with LOTS of tracks leading nicely to the high tide line.
  • Nest #57 had 3 more hatchling tracks leading to the water.
  • Nest #61 had one injured hatchling pulled out of the nest by a crab.  We released it at the tideline, 
  • Crab holes in Nests #27 and #56

This conservation work for protected sea turtles on Caswell Beach is authorized by the NC Wildlife Resources Commission (ES Permit 21ST03)