Inventory of Nest 8R

What a beautiful morning! The Tuesday volunteers were joined by several other Waties volunteers, a property owner, as well as 15 students from CCU. Today's inventory was about a mile up the beach from the entrance. The group enjoyed the cool walk up the beach.

The students are learning the history of this nest

Just starting the excavation

The "fire brigade" - moving eggshells to the sorting station

Two live little ones

On the way!

Thank you all!

The nest was a quite successful one: of the 119 eggs relocated, 114 hatched and only 5 were unhatched. That's what we like to see - 95% hatch success!

Our season is almost over now; only one nest remains.

Photos by Leslie and Barb

Waties Island performs research and management activities regarding sea turtle conservation in accordance under SCDNR Permit Number: MTP500.