OH HAPPY DAY, I FOUND A NEST, ME MYSELF, WOW, When I could see it in the distance I could not believe it, It was so close to the water. She was small, only 28 inches wide the track, only 71 eggs and the bottom of the nest already very wet. See picture, the eggs were where you see the crab holes.
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Nest #10
53 escaped from nest
1 alive and released
17 no obvious development
1 dead embryo
75 success
This girl dug a body pit, and hole, then moved on down the beach, did another body pit and hole, then moved forward to finally nest! Loggerhead.
UPDATE:
nest #9
100 escaped from nest
26 alive and released
8 dead in nest
2 dead pipped
2 live pipped
4 no obvious development
2 dead embryos
91 % success
Nest #8 is a Loggerhead in SeaGrove….had to be moved
UPDATE:
Nest #8
116 escaped from the nest
12 alive in the nest and released
11 no obvious embryo
4 dead embryos
90% hatching success
SeaGrove Another Loggerhead, she came up oh so high, boy do we love her.
UPDATE:
nest #7
78 escaped
8 alive and released
5 dead in nest
1 no obvious development
93 % success
a loggerhead was found by Mike Opar near WhiteCLiffs, goo job Mike and good day for us!
UPDATE:
Nest #6
78 escaped from the nest
5 alaive in nest and released
3 dead in nest
4 dead pipped
1 no obvious embryo
91% hatching success
THIS IS SO EXCITING, LAST NIGHT ABOUT 11:30 I GOT A CALL FROM DEPUTY KEITH WHO WAS ON THE BEACH WITH NIGHT VISON CAMERA AND VISION AND SAW THIS WONDERFUL LOGGERHEAD NESTING AND CALLED ME, AS THERE WERE NOT MANY PEOPLE AROUND WE DID NOT GO AND LEFT HER ALONE TO DO HER THING. KEITH TALKED TO A FEW PEOPLE AROUND ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF NOT USING WHITE EMITTING FLASHLIGHTS ON THE BEACH AND WATCHED UNTIL SHE WENT BACK INTO THE WATER, WHEN WE FOUND THE NEST THIS MORNING SHE HAD LAID ONLY 26 FEET FROM THE WATER SO WE MOVED THE NEST BACK TO PROTECT IT. HURRAH WEST END. GOOD DEBBIE. #5
UPDATE:
Nest #5
115 escaped from nest
13 alive and released, had to take them to a dark beach as the lights to bright
1 dead pipped egg
12 no obvious embryo
1 dead embryo
total eggs 142 90% hatching success