We will inventory nests 7 & 8 beginning at 4:30 pm on Friday, July 27th. We’ll begin with nest 7 which is located about 175 yards south of boardwalk 2. We’ll then move on to nest 8 which is located 150 yards south of boardwalk 1. Both nests were found by Martha Goldstein, Bill and Linda Nelson, and Mary Zamora.
Nest 27
Walkers on North Beach called with a promising crawl just north of boardwalk 1. Judy Morr and Jim Lawrence were dispatched to probe and Judy found nest 27 . The 84 eggs were relocated to higher ground just a few yards north. The Walkers group of Lynda Zegers, Lori Porwoll, Pam Salvestrini & Ruby Jenkins moved the nest.
Inventory of Nest 6 Scheduled
We will inventory nest 6 at 4:30 Wednesday, July 25th. Nest 6 was found by Martha Goldstein, Bill & Linda Nelson and Mary Zamora. It is located 150 yards south of boardwalk 1.
Inventory Results - Nest 5
Nest 5 was found by Francie & Rick Segal. The nest had 145 eggs, 4 were broken inside the nest. It hatched in 55 days.
Shells 109
Unhatched eggs 32
Dead hatchlings 1
Live hatchlings 25
Total live 108
Hatch success 75.1%
Emergence success 57.2%
Nest 26
Beverly Stribling and Nancy Pondelik texted a picture of a disturbance in the sand in front of Camp St. Christopher. Bill and Linda Nelson responded and confirmed not only was it a crawl but found the eggs! The 70 eggs were moved 100 yards further up the beach to higher ground.
