Some very happy news from the beach this morning; our Special Needs Turtle was able to successfully lay another nest. This follows two days of failed attempts, all of which have been above Marker 5 (most above Marker 9). This makes Nest #22 for the season, keeping pace with our previous record year in 2016.
Today's nest was above Marker 9 just below Nest 19. This momma also made one earlier crawl just beyond the nest but after probing was declared to be a false crawl.
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| Bob checking our the nest site |
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| Mario and Kinsey find the eggs |
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| Gloves are important! |
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| Retrieving the DNA sample |
But more exciting news to share too: Our second nest of the season, which is currently 54 days old, had some ghost crab activity overnight. This is a pretty reliable sign that there is something going on down in the nest; those crabs are right there when they sense movement in a nest. We should seen an emergence in the next day or two.
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| Is Nest 2 ready to emerge? |
Inventory season should be starting pretty soon!
Barb and Steve
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