Nests 9, 14 & 15 - Inventory Results

Inventory Results - Nest 9

Nest 9 was found by Pixie Hider, Lynne Madison, Mimi Montague & Karen Preston.  No report of hatching so inventoried at 71 days.

 Shells                                   7                 

Unhatched eggs                 87                  

Dead hatchlings                  0         

Live hatchlings                    0     

Total live                              7       

Hatch success                     5.4%

Emergence success            5.4%

 Inventory Results - Nest 14

Nest 14 was found by Lisa Hand and Rachael & Marshall Carter & their children.. It hatched in 51 days.

 Shells                                     94         

Unhatched eggs                      7        

Dead hatchlings                      3  

Live hatchlings                        0

Total live                                 91

Hatch success                       82.4%

Emergence success              79.8  %

 Inventory Results - Nest 15

Nest 15 was found by Veronica L’Allier & Bob Mason. It hatched in 50 days.

 Shells                                    91            

Unhatched eggs                   12         

Dead hatchlings                     0

Live hatchlings                       3

Total live                                91

Hatch success                      85.0%

Emergence success             82.2%

Inventory of Nest 16 Scheduled for Monday, August 13th

We will inventory Nest 16 at 6:30pm on Monday.  Nest 16 is located 300 yards south of Boardwalk 2.  It was found by Cathrine Scully, Gary Holtz, Rob Jerome, and Mike Vinson.

Inventories of Nests 14 & 15 Scheduled for Friday, August 10th

We will be inventorying nests 14 & 15 beginning at 4 PM on Friday August 10th. We will begin with nest 15 which was found by Veronica L’Allier & Bob Mason and is located 200 yards south of boardwalk 6. 

We will then move on to nest 14 which was found by Lisa Hand and Rachael & Marshall Carter & their children. It is located 110 yards south of boardwalk 2.

Nest 12 Inventory Results

Shells                               67                                      

Unhatched eggs                3                   

Dead hatchlings                0             

Live hatchlings                  0              

Total live                         67                  

Hatch success                94.3%

Emergence success        94.3%

Nest 12 was found by Karen Sewell, Sarah, Betsy & Chris Quinn. It hatched in 56 days.

Nest 10 Inventory Results

Unfortunately, nest 10 was another nest damaged by the heavy rains. Despite the hard work removing a growing sand dune developing over the nest, the hatching results were disappointing.

Nest 10 was found by Melanie & Rob Jerome, Cathrine Scully, Sue Thomas, Gary Holtz & Mike Vinson. It hatched in  days.

Shells                            24                                      

Unhatched eggs            69                   

Dead hatchlings               0             

Live hatchlings                 0              

Total live                         24                  

Hatch success               23.5%

Emergence success       23.5%