Updates on Some of Our Nests

Nest #2 is now 55 days past.  It had a depression with a lot of Ghost Crab Tracks running through.

Nest #1 is now 59 days past. We found a hole with a lot of Ghost Crab tracks.  There were no hatchling tracks or hatchlings on the surface. With no sign of hatchling tracks anywhere from the nest sight to the ocean, it appears as though the hole was dug by the crabs.  Time will tell.  Both Nest #1 & #2 can hatch at any time.

At nest #20 we found a shallow hole and the reed marking the nest was down.  Looked like the crabs were trying to do a cover up. But even though the nest was not open, we collected shells from a wide area around this nest.

Due to the large number of egg shells that were found, we figured that we lost a total of 3 eggs.  We buried the shells so that they wouldn't be counted again. We smoothed out the nest sight and added more sand.  We also added a crab trap and replaced the reed.

Near #14.  Crabs must be getting hungry.  Nest #14 also showed signs of Ghost Crab activity.

Again, We only found the beginnings of a hole at the nest sight.  But we did find shells and lots of crab tracks.  These shell pieces were larger and we counted 2 lost eggs.  Wasn't surprised that we found crab activity at Nests #1 & #2, but it is discouraging to find them getting into other nests.