Alexa Kinne found a crawl just south of Boardwalk 5. Sandy MacCoss and Jane Magioncalda probed and found Nest 86. 63 eggs were relocated just above the original nesting site
Inventories of Nests 10 & 14 scheduled for Sunday, July 21st at 8 AM
We will inventory Nests 10 and 14 on Sunday at 8:00am. Both are located at the St Christopher end of the island. Enter the beach at boardwalk 9, turn right and walk several hundred yards. Nest 10 is 25 yards north of the vehicle entrance and was found by Christine Dudzik, Tom Lamb, and Pat & Val Luzadder and Nest 14 is 500 yards south of the vehicle entrance and was found by Lucy and Ray Hoover and Chris Palmer.
Inventory Results for Nests 7 & 9
Nest 7 was found by Joe Ficarra, Jane Magioncalda, Laura Logan,Amanda Shilko & John Woychick on May 19th.
Shells 102
Unhatched eggs 11
Dead hatchlings 0
Live hatchlings 12
Hatch % 88.6
Emergence % 78.2
Nest 9 was found by Joleen Ardaiolo, Bev Stribling, Nancy and Joel Pondelik on May 20th.
Shells 67
Unhatched eggs 15
Dead hatchlings 2
Live hatchlings 2
Hatch % 80.7
Emergence % 75.9
Nest 11 was also scheduled but when the nest was opened it was clear that it had not fully boiled so it was closed back up to allow nature to take its course.
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.
