Pictures by Nick R.
Our first discovery between marker 3 and 4 proved to be a false crawl. As a timely rainbow indicated, however, our second find proved very fruitful --"eggful", that is!
A second set of tracks leads to nest #9 for the season!
Jackie A. is measuring the width of the tracks.
Marcelle R. and Jeanne K. are searching for the egg chamber.
Success -- the first egg is revealed!
A decision was made by Steve D. to relocate the nest.
One by one the eggs are removed.
A total of 108 eggs were removed from the loggerhead's egg chamber. Three eggs, however, were broken, one with no yolk and two with a yolk. A yolked one was kept for the required DNA sample.
The nest was relocated near marker 2.
A total of 105 eggs now await hatching.
The relocaters -- Pat K., Marcelle R., Jeanne K., Barb D., and Jackie A.
The relocaters plus the chamber digger, Steve D.
Our photographer, Nick R.
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