No activity this morning. Nest 27 hatched last night. 73 emerged around 10:00 and 3 more about 11:00 and it was just 47 days. I really don’t know what to think. Green has been delivered up to nest 37 so check your nests. Inventories last night Nest 21 – 123 shells, 11 unhatched, 3 dead and 5 Read More
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No new nests or crawls – August 15, 2016
No activity this morning. Nest 21 and 23 both looked as if a hatchling had emerged. Inventories will be tonight starting at 7:30 @ 21. Nest 26 inventory results: 23 unhatched 6 pipped 2 dead 100 shells
No new nests or crawls – August 14, 2016
No new nests or crawls. Nest 21 was sunken in a little. Nest 23 had one more turtle emerge. Inventories will be Monday starting at 7:30 @ 21. Nest 26 had a dead hatchling on top. Inventory tonight at 7:00. Nest 27 had a big hole at just 46 days. Nest 25’s inventory results: 16 live Read More
Nest #21 hatched – August 13, 2016
No new activity. From Team 1: Lots of action Friday night. After several long nights of monitoring, we watched nest 21 boil–day 54–at 9:45 with 114 hatchlings. After finishing at nest 21, we hurried to nest 23 to discover it had caved in—day 53. It boiled with 99 hatchlings at about 11:40. Those 99 hatchlings slept at the top Read More
Nest #26 Hatched – August 12, 2016
No new activity. Nests 24 inventory tonight at 7:00 Nest 25 had a couple more turtles emerge during the night. Inventory Saturday at 7:00. Nest 26 hatched during the night, got sprinkled on then a couple more came out. That was just 48 days. Inventory Sunday. Other creatures I countered today: 1- a dog on Read More
Nest #25 Hatched – August 11, 2016
No false crawls, no new nests. Nests 24 had more turtles hatch last night. We swept inside the cage and a short distance on the runway. Inventory Friday at 7:00. Nest 25 had 21 turtles emerge at 8:30, 57 more at 9:00 for a total of 78 with many excited visitors. More turtles emerge after Read More
Nest #24 Hatched – August 10, 2016
No new activity. Nest #24 hatched at 9:02 last night and at 9:18 we were talking about how fast those 87 hatchlings made it to the water. Hatched at 50 days. The inventory will be Friday. Nest #22 had several more during the night and one in the runway this morning. Inventory is tonight at Read More
Watched hatchling swim off – August 9, 2016
No new activity. Nest #22 had more tracks this morning and we watched one hatchling swim off into the wild blue sea. Inventory Wednesday at 7:00.
Nest #19 & Nest #22 hatchlings emerge – August 8, 2016
No new activity. Nest #19 had 2 more hatchling tracks this morning. Inventory Wednesday or Thursday depending on how many more emerge. Nest #22 hatched sometime after midnight at just 49 days. Inventory Wednesday.
Nest #19 hatched – August 7, 2016
Nest #19 had 23 hatchlings emerge last night around 9:00 and looks like 3 more after the team left. Holes were covered this morning but we left the tracks.