Inventory NMB Nest #2

Corrina found NMB Nest #2 on June 19th.  Nice long crawl up the beach, turtle stopped several times to dig a hole before continuin on up onto a dune, turned back down and nested a short distance from base of dune.  Good location, one egg taken for DNA, rest of eggs were left where they were laid.

Fast forward 52 days, August 10th, hatchling emerge in the early morning hours, probably between 1 and 3 AM.  No one on the beach.  Most fan out but head straight for the ocean.

Look closely, hatchling stranded in this hole from a sand castle

  

Time to inventory.  

Crowd gathers

 Cage comes off

Corrina and Gene start to dig down into the egg cavity

Egg shells are soon on the sand  Hatched vs unhatched. 

Egg cavity is empty

Inventory Results:

Nest laid on June 19th

1 egg taken for DNA study, egg cavity covered back up

Major emergence on morning of August 10, Day 52

Inventory on August 13th

101 hatched eggs, 7 whole or unhatched

No Live hatchlings, No dead hatchlings

93.5 Hatch Success Rate