We will inventory nests 39, 40 & 36on Friday, August 19th at 3:30 PM. Nests 39 & 40 are near boardwalk 4. Nest 36 is south of boardwalk 6.
Inventories Scheduled for Thursday, August 18th at 3:30 PM
We will inventory nests 32 & 28 on Thursday, August 18th beginning at 3:30 PM. Nest 32 is located about 100 yards south of boardwalk 6 and nest 28is located just south of boardwalk 4.
Inventories Scheduled for Wednesday, August 17th at 3:30PM
There will be inventories of nests 34, 31 & 38 Wednesday, August 17 at 3:30 PM. We will begin with nest #34 which is located 50 yards north of boardwalk 5. We will then proceed to zone 4 to inventory nests 31 & 38 which are north of boardwalk 1 near the dog signs.
Inventory Report for Monday, August, 15th
Nest #29 was found by Judy Morr, Jo& Jim Eisenhauer, Richard Glasgow & Isabel Romero. There were 116 eggs andit hatched in51 days.
Shells 104 Hatch success 88.8%
Unhatched eggs 12 Emergence success 69.2%
Dead hatchlings 5
Live hatchlings 18
Total live 99
The sand was very compacted. There was a hatchling taken to the water that was just floating and thought to be dead. It got to Terry Fansler's house in the bottom of the trash bucket and when she touched it, it started to move. She drove back to the beach where she released it and it swam off.
Nest # 30 was found by Judy Morr, Anne Hess Pat Backstrom and 3 other family members, Jody, Ryan and Louden. There were 103 eggs in the nest and it boiled in 49 days.
Shells 89 Hatch success 85.5%
Unhatched eggs 14 Emergence success 80.7%
Dead hatchlings 3
Live hatchlings 2
Total live 86
Nest # 53 was found by Bob Mason, Veronica L'Allier and Ginger Seabrook after it had been predated by a raccoon. It was 20 feet below the high tide line and had been over washed at least 8 times. It was moved above the high tide line. At least 24 eggs were lost prior to the nest being discovered and moved. There were 61 eggs relocated and one hatchling track was found on 8/7
Shells 1 Hatch & emergence success 1.1%
Unhatched eggs 60
Dead hatchlings 0
Live hatchlings 0
Total live 1
Inventory Report for Sunday, August 14th
Nest # 26 was found by Karen Sewell and Sandy MacCoss found the eggs. There were 104 eggs in the nest and it hatched in 54 days
Shells 57 Hatch & emergence success 54.2%
Unhatched eggs 47
Dead hatchlings 0
Live hatchlings 0
Nest # 33 was found by Karen Sewell and Jen Gibson found the eggs. There were 111 eggs in the nest and it hatched in 46 days.
Shells 108 Hatch success 96.4%
Unhatched eggs 3 Emergence success 94.6%
Dead hatchlings 0
Live hatchlings 2
Total live 108