This may be a Kemps nest, we are hoping so. WaterSound, small light tracks
UPDATE:
Nest 27
31 hatched and escaped from the nest
15 infertile
1 dead embryo to be shipped off for genetic testing
Loggerhead near Rosemary Beach
UPDATE:
Nest #26
4 escaped
0 alive in nest
51 dead in nest
6 dead pipped eggs
28 no obvious development
13 13 dead embryos
28 depredated
These poor fellows, were ready to come out when TS Lee covered them with water. Darn
Loggerhead again in the SeaCrest Area is nest #25. These East Enders were very busy.
UPDATE:
Nest #25 at 61 days
Evaluated 9.1.11 due to high water coming over nest.
Excavated by Beth Coppedge and Valerie Lofton
(A vacationer said she saw a hatchling walk to the water at 8am on 9.1.11)
Alive in nest and released 111
Infertile no obvious 6
Total eggs 117
Survival 95%
Loggerhead all the way up to Dunes, fine lady she was, and Cathy is very exceited. This one is in the Seacrest area
UPDATE:
Nest #24 at 61 days
Evaluated 9.1.11 due to high water coming up to nest.
Excavated by Beth Coppedge and Wayne Lofton
Alive in nest and released 117
Infertile no obvious 2
Total eggs 119
Survival 98%
Nest #23 at Ft. Panic a Loggerhead. was found by Bill and Sherri
UPDATE:
Nest #23 dug at 62 days because of high water
Linda, Sherry and Bill Rescued
28 live from the nest.
1 was not completely developed and opened
79 unhatched reburied back and up to the left of original nest.
Surf too rough to release. Will release later Looked like the nest may have flooded previously from the bottom. All hatched eggs were on the very top of the nest.
IMO – I don;t think any of the eggs reburied are viable. I hope I am wrong. But there was no movement in any of the eggs, and most were brown with no shape.
Nest #22 a loggerhead Sand Cliff’s subdivision
UPDATE:
Nest 22
1 dead in nest
95 no obvious development
water over nest no success
what a morning, and DEBBIE THIS IS YOURS, COME HOME, After my walk I got a call from Dusty and he said he had found a nest, so I drove there and walk another 400 miles, or did it just seem like it. The tide was coming in this morning and our walker missed this nest, it was so low and by the time I got there, all tracks covered by water except the ones of her coming out of the nest cavity. Dusty found it when he tagged a gazebo, and walked over to tag another gazebo, water was up to these two gazebos and the nest hard to see, so walker please don’t feel bad, I took one look, saw thrown sand and started to dig, right where the eggs should be. Well, I dug and dug and then called Karen, and then Dawn called me as she had just marked nest #20 and came to help. We dug and dug and boy, was it hot, finally I found the eggs, all 135 of them, they were UNDER THE OUTGOING TRACKS, RIGHT WHERE YOU WOULD NOT THINK. They were all in water and this young man Mike helped us by digging a trench and counting the eggs as we got them out of the water, What a job. So we moved it straight back, We were so hot and tired but we had Debbie’s nest #21 As you can see by the picture this is all that was not under water but it was under water by the time we got done. Egg under only tracks visible.
UPDATE:
What a story, what a nest, this nest was found by Dusty and by the time I got there the water was up to nest, I called Karen and she came a running, and Dawn was at another nest and she came as soon as she could. We moved 134 egg as the water was sucking them down further and further. What a wet fun that was, so I was not sure just how this nest would go and then came the hatch and the lights, ugh, well, we dug it for evaluation last night and it was great news. I want to thank, Dusty, Mike, Karen and Dawn for their great work, what a group we are. I love you.
94 escaped from the nest, and we hope a lot got to the water
3 were alive in nest and released
1 was dead in nest
28 had no obvious embryo
8 were dead embryos
134 total eggs
73 % nest success rate for a nest we would have lost….WooooHoooo
LOGGERHEAD FOUND BY ANGELIA IN DUNE ALLEN VERY LOW AGAIN
UPDATE:
Nest #20
30A near Oyster Lake
91 escaped from nest
5 live and released
1 hatched but dead
32 no obvious
3 dead embryos
132 eggs total
73 % nest success
This is Mike’s third nest this year, Sherry says he has the lucky flags, and I agree, keep it up Mike. Loggerhead in The Retreat area, near nest #6 This is a beautiful nest, See the thrown sand over int incoming tracks a beautiful soft thrown sand mound. Hurrah
UPDATE:
Nest #9
The Retreat
77 escaped from nest
1 hatched but dead in nest
43 no obvious
121 total eggs
64% nest success
Is in back of Bud and Alley’s in Seaside, I got a call last night around midnight and she only came in 30 feet, people all around and Joe has been in that area at night and oh the flashlights, we must do something about this problem of flashlights on the beach. Seaside should sell red light emitting flashlights. What an ongoing problem. We need help with this problem
UPDATE:
I thought I would pass this on to all, this gang has gotten to see two nests hatch this year, lucky them here is the nest count of #18
94 hatchlings escaped from the nest
2 alive in nest and released
1 dead embryo
7 no obvious embryo
Good work Dan, go a little slower next time and watch for hatchlings, and smile