This nest was moved to 1809 S. Ocean Blvd. 119 eggs, 118 moved, 1 egg taken for DNA
54 days later, between 9:30PM and 10PM, the sand fell in one big woosh and the hatchlings were all exposed, they soon boiled out and started to run down the beach, changing tide, 3/4 moon had not yet risen. Bright lights from two near by high rises as well as a crowd of spectators caused the hatchlings to turn back toward the lights. Hatchlings were quickly gathered up and placed in a bucket. A few more were found very close to the brightly lit buildings....after few beach sweeps to make sure no other hatchlings were still on the beach, the hatchlings were taken to a darker, empty section of the beach and release to crawl into the ocean.
Rainy days
Nest area is flat.....what is going on below the sand?
Day of Inventory, hole is filling in with sand
Mary and Neal dig up the egg chamber
Lots of hatched eggs
2 whole eggs, 1 dead hatchling
But 1 live hatchling is found, then 3 more
Crowd is anxious to see what was below the sand
Lining up to watch the four hatchlings crawl to the water
Jill releases four hatchlings
The race is on, one little guy quickly takes the lead....
Then to our amazement, another live hatchling is found as the hole of the nest is being filled in. The hatching was buried in the sand taken out of the egg chamber,
very lively, anxious to get to the water
Thank you Julie for your great pictures
Inventory results
119 eggs in original nest
118 eggs relocated to 18th Ave S
hatchlings emerge on Sept 2, day 54
116 hatched eggs, 2 unhatched eggs
1 dead hatchling
5 live hatchlings
98% hatching success rate
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