Today, along with our normal patrol, we inventoried nest #10!
Erin and Mario removing excess sand and adding netting to nest #7
We saw lots of raccoon tracks this morning. It seems like the raccoon was interested in nest #3, but luckily did not bother it.
Now for the inventory! The nest was set to be inventoried last Wednesday, but when we started digging, we noticed that it wasn’t quite ready. If we see hatchlings as soon as we get to the nest (per DNR guidelines) we wait 3 more days, which landed on today!
A rare sight during the busy summer, all of our leads were present for the inventory it was very nice to see each other .
Bob and Jackie started digging into the nest.
Kaela and Mario starting to sort eggs into hatched and unhitched piles.
This nest ended up with a 58.5% hatch and emergence success rate. Here are some more great photos from our morning.
Waties Island performs research and management activities regarding sea turtle conservation in accordance under SCDNR Permit Number MTP500
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