We had another False Crawl on the East End this morning. She crawled up an escarpment, up a dune slope and slid down to crawl back to the water. Goodness, that was a lot of work!
Some of the nests gained sand during the high winds yesterday. There were no nest emergence.
Nest #20 Inventory (last evening)
Hatched Egg Shells – 100
Unhatched Eggs – 18
Pipped – 0
Live – 1
Dead – 0
Nest #33 Inventory (this morning)
Hatched Egg Shells – 98
Unhatched Eggs – 25
Pipped – 1
Live – 0
Dead – 0
Live – 0
Dead – 0
False Crawl
Nest #20
Nest #33
**This conservation work for protected sea turtles on Caswell Beach is authorized by the NC Wildlife Resources Commission (ES Permit 23ST03).
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