Tuesday, August 20

Morning patrol:  

  • Nest 58 had a few more hatchling tracks and 1 dead hatchling

Last night: 

  • Nest 58 had 2 hatchlings emerge
  • Nest 65 had 1 hatchling finally appear about midnight

Inventories:

  • Nest 46 – 104 shell, 4 unhatched, 2 pipped and 3 live hatchlings (this nest lost 16 eggs to a fox on 8/4)
  • Nest 57- 84 shells, 53 unhatched and 14 live hatchlings (this is the nest we moved when it was almost 2 weeks old)
  • Nest 45 and 58 hatched during the heavy rains on Friday/Saturday.  Since crabs started the excavation last evening by bringing shells to the surface of nest 45, we decided to go ahead and complete the inventory. 
  • Nest 45 – 93 shells, 5 unhatched and 2 dead hatchlings (probably crab victims)