Post by Paulette
Pictures by Paulette,
Lorraine and Leslie
Thank You!!
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| Robert helps the students dig |
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| Egg Count |
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| Little one is on his way |
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| Beautiful sight |
Waties Island, the northernmost barrier island in South Carolina is roughly 4.0 km in length. It is a private undeveloped barrier island at the border of North/South Carolina. All sea turtle monitoring by this group is authorized by the SCDNR Marine Turtle Conservation Program under Permit MTP500. We strive to help protect the sea turtle, and we are at it again this season! The site will be updated often during the nesting season - May 1st through October.
Tuesday, September 19, 2017
Inventory of Nest 12
Nest 12 was laid at marker 6 on Tuesday, July 11. It emerged on Saturday, September 16, day 67!! Today, we dug up the shells for a count. 45 eggs were laid. 1 was used for DNA research. 39 hatched and 5 whole unhatched eggs were found in the nest. . And, we had one live hatchling deep in the nest!! 87 % hatch success. This turtle laid five nests on our beach this year, all small. Four of them have been very successful.
Post by Paulette
Pictures by Paulette,
Lorraine and Leslie
Thank You!!
Post by Paulette
Pictures by Paulette,
Lorraine and Leslie
Thank You!!
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