Inventories of Nests 12 & 13 Scheduled for Saturday, July 20th at 8 AM

We will inventory Nests 12 & 13 beginning at 8:00 AM Saturday, July 20th.  We will begin with Nest 12 which is located between boardwalks 6 and 7.  This nest was found by Heather Fife, Charlane Faught and Brad Masteller on May 22nd and it hatched in 57 days.  Next is Nest 13 located 6 houses north of boardwalk 6.  It was found by Karen Preston, Pixie Hider and Lynne Madison and it hatched in 55 days.. Observers are welcome.

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Nest 85

Walkers Mimi Montague, Karen Preston, Lynn Madison and Pixie Hider called with a crawl between Boardwalks 2 and 3. The Middletons responded and found Nest 85. It was able to be left in situ.

Inventory Results - Nests 4 & 5

Nest 4 was found by Valerie & Pat Luzadder, Tom Lamb & Christine Dudzik on May 14th.

Shells 117
Unhatched eggs 43

Dead hatchlings 0

Live hatchlings 7

Hatch % 63.9
Emergence % 60.1

Nest 8 was found by Terry Fansler, Gloria Reynolds, Anna Wechter & Brenda Zack on May 16th.

Shells 117

Unhatched eggs 5

Dead hatchlings 1

Live hatchlings 9

Hatch % 90.0
Emergence % 82.3

Nest 84

Walkers Heather Fyfe, Paula Baram and Brad Mosteller called in a crawl with a body pit behind the 2nd new house north of the Club. Tim Morawski probed and found Nest 84. 100 eggs were relocated behind the high tide line in the same area.

Inveentory Results for Nests 3, 6 and 8

Nest 3 was found by Chris Palmer & Bill Greubel on May 11thh
Shells 84
Unhatched eggs 13

Dead hatchlings 0

Live hatchlings 9

Hatch % 94.0
Emergence % 70.9

Nest 6 was found by the Passantinos and Gores on May 18th.

Shells 124

Unhatched eggs 15

Dead hatchlings 0

Live hatchlings 20

Hatch % 82.6
Emergence % 69.3

Nest 8 was found by Catherine Scully, Sue Thomas, Gary Holtz, Rob Jerome and Mike Vinson on May 20th

.Shells 95
Unhatched eggs 42

Dead hatchlings 0

Live hatchlings 3

Hatch % 65.9
Emergence % 63.8