The evening on the beach was nerve wrecking. The tide came all the way to the dune at Tom Hess walkway. The 4 nests there were covered. Green was washing away.
Nests 33 and 36 inventories were scheduled for the evening but nest 34 was done a day early because the water was a couple of feet away and still rising. Nest 26 was at 70 days.
The nesting sight east of the Baptist walkover and beside nest 34 hatched during yesterday’s rain and inventoried just before high tide. Nest #42!
Nest 26: 124 unhatched eggs
Nest 34: 92 shells and 4 unhatched eggs
Nest 33: 91 unhatched eggs, 28 shells, 1 live hatchling with really small front flippers
Nest 36: 88 shells, 10 unhatched, 2 pipped dead, 2 pipped live and 14 live hatchlings
Nest 42: 113 shells, 5 unhatched, 1 dead and 5 live hatchlings
We’ve picked up green at Tom Hess. Nests 37, 39 and 40 seem to be okay for now.