Nests 56 & 57 Inventoried on Monday, September 12th

Nests 56 &57 were inventoried on Monday, September 12th. 

Nest 56 was found by Bob Mason & Pat Backstrom with Bill Greubel finding the 117 eggs. They hatched in49 days.

 Shells                      96              

Dead hatchlings        0

Live hatchlings          0

Total Live                 96

Unhatched eggs        21

Hatch & Emergence Success    81.3%

There were 32 eggs unaccounted for due to predation by raccoons. We used the number of eggs in the relocated nest count in the report to DNR as they tell us to do.

 

Nest # 57 was found by Kathy Maher & Kathy Rigtrup with Sandy MacCoss finding the eggs. The 125 eggs hatched in 48 days.

Shells                         100                  

Unhatched eggs           25                 

Dead hatchlings            2

Live hatchlings              7

Total live                      98

Hatch Success              79.3%

Emergence Success       72.2%