Nest 6 was our relocated nest. This turtle first showed up in 2013. She has continued to nest every 3rd year, with an average of 4 nests a year. She is a traveling turtle and has nested on 9 different beaches. She traveled up the dune and down the back side to finally decide she had found the perfect spot to nest. Unfortunately, her hatchlings weren't going to be able to find their way to the ocean with that dune in front of them.
Twins Alexander H. & Harrison H. and Owen R. & Noah R. prepare to open the nest.
We had lots of great participation with this inventory.
Getting the eggs from the nest to the counters.
Our turtle laid a total of 118 eggs, one was taken for the DNA Sample and we relocated 117 eggs. We had 11 eggs unhatched for a total of 106 hatched eggs. There were no live/dead hatchlings in the nest.
We buried these eggs/shells at the bottom of the nest. Hopefully these crabs will not dig them back up as they did to eggs/shells after our wild nest #25.
Thank you to everyone who showed up this morning!
It was another beautiful morning on Waties Island!
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