INVENTORTY ON BRIARCLIFFE FOR NEST MB NEST # 23

 THIS NEST WAS FOUND ON JULY 6 th, IN MYRTLE BEACH, AS IT WAS IN AN UNSAFE PLACE ON THE BEACH, MANY HIGHRISES AND BRIGHT LIGHTS, IT WAS RELOCATED TO BRIARCLIFF.  THIS NEST HAD 114 EGGS AND INCUBATED FOR 55 DAYS. 

THE NEST WAS ORIGINALLY LAID RIGHT NEXT TO A LIFEGAURD STATION

THE NEST (BODY PIT) WAS VERY WINDBLOWN WHEN FOUND

AFTER INCUBATING FOR 55 DAYS A HOLE, AND MANY HATCHLING TRACKS ARE FOUND, INDICATING A MAJOR EMERGENCE.

AND NOW TO THE INVENTORY

 MANY PEIOPLE HAD COME TO WATCH AS THIS NEST WAS INVENTORIED.

THE EGGS AND EGGSHELLS ARE CAREFULLY DUG UP AND DOCUMENTED.  THESE RESULTS AND THE HATCH SUCCESS RATE ARE SHARED IN A NATIONAL DATABASE AND ARE USED TO HELP IN THE FUTURE OF THE ENDANGERED SEA TURTLES.

MANY HAVE GATHERED TO HEAR ABOUT THE GREAT RESULTS OF THE INVENTORY ON THIS NEST ARE SHARED.

THE INVENTORY RESULTS

114 EGGS, ONE USED FOR DNA STUDDIES

88.5% HATCH SUCCESS RATE

113 EGGS

100 HATCHED EGGS

13 EGGS DID NOT HATCH

NO DEAD HATHLINGS

ALL SEA TURTLES ARE ENDANGERED, THEY ARE FEDFEDERALLY AND STATE PROTECTED, THERE ARE SPECIAL GUIDLINES, TRAINING AND PERMITS NEEDED TO WORK WITH THE NEST, EGGS AND STRANDED SEA TURTLES.

IF YOU SEE A HATCHLING OR STRANDED SEA TURTLE IN NMB OR BRIARCLIFFE PLEASE CALL THE NMB STP HOTLINE

843-213-9074

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