We are going to inventory nest #55 tomorrow at 4:00 PM. The nest is located on zone 3, 150 yards south of the vehicle entrance. See you there!
submitted by Terry Fansler
High Tides Strike Again
On a stormy Monday, it was another tough night for our remaining nests. Our brave walkers battled the rain and the tides to check them out.
Zone 1 - The one remaining nest looked fine.
Zone 2 - (requested Sandy as First Responder take equipment out between storms)
- Nest #60 which we inventory on Tuesday had a hole
- Nest #68 (in front of Bob Mason's house) which previously had 3 poles is now missing all of the poles
- Nest #56 (in front of second house past the club) - the pole couldn't be read but more importantly couldn't even find the screen.
Zone 3 - Nests 54, 55 and 64 were still in place but, all had been washed over. #64 has a thick layer of sand on top. Mike will remove excess sand once system passes.
Zone 4 - Nest #65 was washed over; Karen removed the accumulated rack.
- Nest #66 was washed over; Karen removed the accumulated rack but will need a shovel to remove sand accumulation.
- submitted by Judy Morr
Devastating High Tides
Posted on August 30, 2015
Morning all,
The high tides did a job on our nests last night. From the reports from all the zones it looks like almost all of the remaining nests were over washed. The worst was nest # 63 up on that high dune. The dune collapsed and the eggs were exposed. Jen and Harvey with the Doanes and Liz Devens moved the 56 remaining eggs to south of walkway # 5. They were wading through the water the whole time.
We expect to have another bad tide tonight then it starts to go down. Hope the nests can take it.
-Submitted by Beautsie Zahrn
Inventory Report
Hi Turtlers,
There are the results for the 3 nests we did this morning:
Nest # 41 was found by Tim Morawski and the engineering team for the dike on Cap'n Sam's Creek. It hatched in 61 days. It was in situ.
Eggs in nest - 143
Shells - 133
Unhatched eggs - 10
Dead hatchlings - 0
Live hatchlings - 10
Total live - 133
Hatch success - 92.3%
Emergence success - 85.4%
Nest # 49 was found by Beth Henry, Stephanie Lea, Renne McKeage and Karen Hattler and Judy Morr found the eggs. It was in situ and hatched in 52 days.
Eggs in the nest - 161
Shells - 139
Unhatched eggs - 22
Dead hatchlings - 23
Live hatchlings - 4
Total live - 116
Hatch success - 86.3%
Emergence success - 69.5%
Nest # 51 was found by Anne Snelgrove and Monica Adams with Bill Middleton finding the eggs. It was in situ and hatch in 52 days.
Eggs in the nest - 102
Shells - 91
Unhatched eggs - 11
Dead hatchlings - 1
Live hatchlings - 3
Total live - 90
Hatch success - 88.35
Emergence success - 69.5%
We have no inventories scheduled at this time. We will see what tomorrow brings.
- Beautsie
Turtle News – Nest inventory and inventory results
Posted on August 19, 2015
We will inventory nest # 51 in Zone 1 (beach walkway #9 and to the right toward Camp St. Christopher) at 8am on Thursday. This nest was found by Anne Snelgrove and Monica Adams 100 yards north of the first flag at the camp in zone 1. Bill Middleton found the eggs. Following nest #51, we will re-visit # 49. Then, if we have more activity at nest # 41, we will go to zone 3 to # 41, which is 200 yards south of walk # 1. It was found by Tim Morawski.
Beach report – No new activity. A man saw a mama turtle on the beach Monday morning going back into the water near be Beach Club Villas. Terry, Sandy and Rob Jerome and I walked the area yesterday after the inventories but found nothing.
We inventoried nests # 45 and 49 yesterday and we had to close # 49 because the hatchlings were not ready. We will revisit # 49 on Thursday.
The following provides the inventory results for Nest #45….
Nest # 45 was found by Valerie and Mark Doane and Jen Gibson found the eggs. It hatched in 54 days
Eggs in the nest – 113
Shells – 109
Unhatched eggs – 4
Dead hatchlings – 0
Live hatchlings – 1
Total live 109
Hatch success – 95.6%
Emergence success – 94.7%
-Submitted by Beautsie Zahrn