Saturday, September 3

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).