We had a large group who joined in on today's inventory of Nest 5! It was a fairly deep nest
Several from the group helped with pulling out eggs from the nest, sorting and counting. Two dead hatchlings were discovered in the nest, but also a live hatchling which was released. Today's results: 87 hatched eggs and 1 unhatched for a 97.7% hatch success.
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.
Waties Island Nest Count
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