Wednesday Night:
- Nest #42 Inventory
- Live Hatchlings-0
- Dead Hatchlings-0
- Pipped Eggs-0
- Unhatched Eggs-10
- Hatched Egg Shells-45
- Nest #47 Inventory
- Live Hatchlings-3
- Dead Hatchlings-0
- Pipped Eggs-0
- Unhatched Eggs-1
- Hatched Egg Shells-110
- Nest #56 boiled a little before 10:00 with 109 hatchlings heading straight to the ocean!
- Nest #61 hatched a little later with about 67 hatchlings, 7 who were just a little bit disoriented.
Thursday Morning:
- Nest #51 hatched overnight with LOTS of tracks leading nicely to the high tide line.
- Nest #57 had 3 more hatchling tracks leading to the water.
- Nest #61 had one injured hatchling pulled out of the nest by a crab. We released it at the tideline,
- Crab holes in Nests #27 and #56
This conservation work for protected sea turtles on Caswell Beach is authorized by the NC Wildlife Resources Commission (ES Permit 21ST03)