Monday, July 22 Nest #2 Inventory and Emergence of Nest #1

 A most pleasant morning on Waties.  Yippee, Nest #1 Emerged on day 64.  Information on the inventory will be forthcoming.

Our first 2019 nest inventory for Nest #2 was done and is in the books.  Nest#2 was laid on Thursday, 5/23/2019 and emerged on day 57.   The inventory was done by the  Monday Walkers along with Steve, Paulette, Kinsey, and Lynn who joined us.  Nest #2 had a total of 122 eggs, 114 hatched eggs, 7 unhatched eggs, 5 live hatchlings, and sorry to report we had 2 dead hatchlings found in the nest. The 5 hatchlings were released to the ocean.  We had sacrificed one egg for DNA research when the nest was first found.  The hatch success ratio for this nest was quite good - 93.4%.

Many thanks to Maddy and Kim for the pictures, and Lynn, Kinsey, Maddy, and Janice who assisted in the nest digging and sorting of eggs.

Beautiful sunrise

Hatchling Tracks from Nest #1

Hatchling tracks from Nest #1

 

The inventory process begins

Go, baby, go

The outcome - inventory results

Swim, swim!

Another heads to the ocean

A job well done 

End of a good morning . . .