Turtle News
On Monday, August 7th, we will be inventorying nests 24, 32 and 36 starting at 3:00 PM.
We will begin with nest 24 which was found by Sarah, Betsy & Chris Quinn. It is located 50 yards north of boardwalk 7.. We will then inventory nests 32 & 36. Nest 32 was found by Lisa Hand & Valerie & Mark Doane. It is located north of boardwalk 6. Nest 36 was found by Isabel Romero & Jo & Jim Eisenhauer. It is located 100 yards north of boardwalk 6.
Nest #68 was found by a group of visitors from Indiana along with Lisa Hand & Valerie & Mark Doane on July 30th. It is a wild nest.The nest had 106 eggs.
Shells 90
Unhatched eggs 16
Dead hatchlings 5
Live hatchlings 25
Total live 85
Hatch success 84.1%
Emergence success 56.0%
We will inventory nest 68on Saturday, August, 5th at 3:00 PM. Nest 68 is a wild nest found by Valerie & Mark Doane & Lisa Hand. It is located just south of boardwalk 4.
Nest #18 was found by Valerie & Mark Doane. The nest had 112 eggs and it hatched in 65 days.
Shells 75
Unhatched eggs 37
Dead hatchlings 0
Live hatchlings 0
Total live 75
Hatch success 66.3%
Emergence success 66.3%
Nest #26 was found by Norm Powers. The nest had 116 eggs and it hatched in 54 days.
Shells 109
Unhatched eggs 7
Dead hatchlings 0
Live hatchlings 15
Total live 109
Hatch success 93.1%
Emergence success 80.3%
Nest #27 was found by Jen & Harvey Gibson. The nest had 133 eggs and it hatched in 52 days.
Shells 124
Unhatched eggs 9
Dead hatchlings 6
Live hatchlings 0
Total live 118
Hatch success 92.5%
Emergence success 88.0%
Nest #28 was found by Pat Greubel & Arline DeGennaro. The nest had 134 eggs and it hatched in 52 days.
Shells 120
Unhatched eggs 14
Dead hatchlings 12
Live hatchlings 13
Total live 108
Hatch success 88.8%
Emergence success 70.3%
Nest #29 was found by Tracy Thorne & Cathrine Scully. The nest had 138 eggs and it hatched in 50 days.
Shells 87
Unhatched eggs 51
Dead hatchlings 6
Live hatchlings 2
Total live 81
Hatch success 62.5%
Emergence success 56.8%
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