Inventory Report for 8/23 - Nests 50, 52 & 54

Nest #50 was found by Jo & Jim Eisenhauer, Richard Glasgow & Judy Morr. The nest had 135 eggs and hatched in 53 days 

Shells                                  116               

Unhatched eggs                    16               

Dead hatchlings                      8

Live hatchlings                        1

Total live                              108

Hatch success                  81.6.%

Emergence success          75.3%

Nest #52 was found by Mimi Montague, Lynne Madison & Pixie Hider.. The nest had 121 eggs and hatched in 52 days.There were two large crab holes in the nest which accounted for the missing eggs.

Shells                                 59               

Unhatched eggs                 20                 

Dead hatchlings                   0

Live hatchlings                     0

Total live                             59

Hatch success               48.3%

Emergence success      48.3%

Nest #54 was found by Deb Wiehn, Dave Roberts & Norm Powers.. The nest had 124 eggs and hatched in 52 days.

Shells                                100              

Unhatched eggs                 17                 

Dead hatchlings                  27

Live hatchlings                      0

Total live                              73

Hatch success               80.0%

Emergence success      58.4%

The inventory team also held a surprise gala birthday celebration for Terry Fansler (see photo)

Inventory of Nests 42, 48 & 51

Nests 42 and 51 were inventoried on 8/21. The nests were being evaluated for hard sand and reports of dead hatchlings when it became clear that the nests had hatched. Nest 48 was inventoried today. Nest 55 was scheduled to inventoried today but when the nest was opened it became clear that it wasin the process of hatching so the nest was closed back up and will be inventoried on Friday..

Nest #42 was found by Norm Powers. The nest had 126 eggs. The discrepancy between eggs relocated and eggs found in the nest was due to crab predation. 

Shells                                   64              

Unhatched eggs                   31               

Dead hatchlings                     0

Live hatchlings                       0

Total live                                64

Hatch success                   50.3%

Emergence success          50.3%

Nest #51 was found by Jo & Jim Eisenhauer, Richard Glasgow & Judy Morr.. The nest had 98 eggs and hatched in 50 days.

Shells                                    89                

Unhatched eggs                      7                

Dead hatchlings                      8

Live hatchlings                        0

Total live                                81

Hatch success                   89.8%

Emergence success          81.8%

Nest #48 was found by Pam Salvestrini, Ruby Jenkins & Mary VanDuesen.. The nest had 93 eggs and hatched in 53 days.

Shells                                    86               

Unhatched eggs                     7                

Dead hatchlings                      0

Live hatchlings                        0

Total live                                86

Hatch success                   91.4%

Emergence success          91.4%

Nest 70!

We have nest #70!!. Yesterday's zone 3 Walker, Cathrine Scully reported what was potentially a wild nest between boardwalks 2 & 3.. Bill Nelson checked out the area today and found the nest. It was in the process of hatching so we'll inventory the nest in a few days. The exact area was marked as a false crawl on June 22nd so we're sure that's when it was laid. The crawl on 6/22 was found by Norm Powers.

At 70 nests we have the 4th highest number of nests in our recorded history!

         Cathrine Scully

Inventory of Nests 50, 52 & 54 on Wednesday, August 23rd at 6 PM

We will inventory Nests 50, 52 and 54 on Wednesday, August 23rd at 6:00pm. They are all located about 100 yards north of boardwalk 6.

Inventory of Nests 48 & 55 at 6 PM, Tuesday, August 22nd

We will inventory Nests 55 and 48 on Tuesday, August 22nd at 6:00PM. We will begin with nest 55 located 100 yards north of boardwalk 6. The second inventory will take place north of Boardwalk 1 around 6:30.