Friday Night (Buggy again!):
Nests #71 and #63 both had hatchlings emerge with teams and visitors braving the bugs to cheer them on!
Saturday Morning:
Nests #59, #64, #69 & #73 had additional hatchling tracks in the runways this morning.
- Nest #69 Inventory
- Live- 16
- Dead- 1
- Pipped- 4
- Unhatched- 3
- Hatched Egg Shells- 120
- Nest #73 Inventory
- Live- 13 (3 were Pipped Live)
- Dead- 0
- Pipped- 13
- Unhatched- 12
- Hatched Egg Shells- 100
- The pipped live and dead had thick yellow goop still inside the egg shells. 1 had maggots. The 3 pipped live were rinsed off with sea water and put on the sand to crawl to the ocean. Very strange situation!
**This conservation work for protected sea turtles on Caswell Beach is authorized by the NC Wildlife Resources Commission (ES Permit 22ST03).