Turtle News
Nest 18 was found by Terry Fansler, Gloria Reynolds and Sarah Quinn.
Shells 74
Unhatched eggs 19
Dead hatchlings 0
Live hatchlings 2
Total live 74
Hatch success 69.8%
Emergence success 67.9%
Nest 20 will be inventoried on Tuesday, August 21st at 8:30 AM. The nest was found by Jim & Jo Eisenhauer, Kathy Hanson & Judy Morr. It is located 300 yards south of boardwalk 2.
Nest 19 was found by Karen Sewell and Chris, Betsy and Sarah Quinn. It hatched in 52 days.
Shells 91
Unhatched eggs 9
Dead hatchlings 0
Live hatchlings 2
Total live 91
Hatch success 90.0%
Emergence success 88.1%
We will inventory Nest 19 on Friday at 8:30am. This nest is located in front of the Beach Club Villas north of Boardwalk 9. The nest was found by Karen Sewell and Chris, Betsy and Sarah Quinn on June 23 and hatched in 52 days.
Inventory Results - Nest 16
Nest 16 was found by Gary Holtz, Rob Jerome, Cathrine Sculley & Mike Vinson. It hatched in 52 days.
Shells 40
Unhatched eggs 51
Dead hatchlings 0
Live hatchlings 1
Total live 40
Hatch success 43.4%
Emergence success 42.3%
Since it had been two weeks since the last nest, we were pleasantly surprised to find nest 31 this morning. Walkers Rob Jerome, Cathrine Scully, Sue Thomas and Mike Vinson reported the crawl abd Valerie & Mark Doane responded to probe for the nest. The nest , located about 60 yards south of boardwalk 3, was left in situ.
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