Posts by CWB Turtle Writers

Nest #9 was inventoried Tuesday night with 109 shells, 12 unhatched and one lonely hatchling making it to the ocean.

Nest #9 had 16 hatchlings make their way to the ocean around midnight.  At morning check, there were a few more tracks  and one hatchling still on its journey to the water.

Nest #8 was inventoried Wednesday evening resulting in 122 shells, 8 unhatched eggs, 1 dead and 35 live hatchlings.

Nest #7 was inventoried last night with 98 egg shells, 3 unhatched and 6 live hatchlings.

Nest #8 hatched last night between midnight and 5:30 am.  Even though no one saw it, this was good news as the nest had been invaded by crabs and ants.

Nest #7 hatched late last night with 72 hatchlings making it to the water.

#6 was inventoried last night with 114 shells, 3 unhatched, 1 dead and 5 live hatchlings.

Nest #5 was inventoried yesterday.  We had 29 unhatched eggs, 1 pipped, 1 dead hatchling, 0 live hatchlings and a lot of disappointed turtle watchers.

Nest #6 had several turtles come out last night.  It appears to have been 6 -7 hatchlings.  Inventory will be Friday night at 7:00.   Inventory of Nest #4 resulted in 92 shells, 20 unhatched eggs and 6 pipped eggs.

Nest #5 has hatched.  Kathy reported seeing 4 hatchlings around 11:00 and later someone counted 82.  Inventory for Nest #5 will be Wednesday evening at 7:00pm.