Our last walk, last nest, last inventory of the 2020 season.
What a great turnout this morning! We had lots of members of the Coastal Sea Turtle Club along with us to observe this inventory of Nest #24. This was a nest that was laid back on July 21 and it took an extra long time to emerge; 66 days.
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| Lots of regular walkers and students too |
The CCU Seniors took charge of digging up the nest while instructing the club members about what was happening the procedures to follow when conducting an inventory.
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| Nest should be right under that reed |
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| Love that Karen Beasley pink tee shirt! |
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| Digging down |
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| Starting the sorting process |
When it was all said and done, there were 46 hatched eggshells, 46 unhatched eggs and one egg taken for the DNA sample in July. About a 50% hatch success ratio.
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| Almost finished |
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| A small exit hole in this eggshell |
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| Sarah showing students what's inside an unhatched egg |
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| This one was a partially formed hatchling |
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| This Saturday walkers :) |
Thanks Val for sharing your photos today!
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