Island Turtle Team - Isle of Palms - Sullivan's Island

Nest 17: Another nest for Sullivan's was laid last night near the Station 16 Access Path very close to the high tide line and up against a steep dune escarpment. This loggerhead was slightly smaller than the one who nested there the night before. Linda Rumph and Phyllis Nathanson discovered and reported this one where 81 eggs were laid. Two eggs were found broken near the bottom of the clutch, and one was used for our genetics sample. But the nest would not have lasted long

Nest #16 was laid at Ocean Point in Wild Dunes on June 21 and relocated to 30 th Ave. It was a very deep nest, and the mother turtle measured 20” between her rear flipper claw marks. The nest was found by Shree Beverly and Penny Gorby and contained 132 eggs that produced hatchlings during the wee hours of Sunday morning after incubating for 50 days. Today's inventory revealed 126 empty eggshells, five undeveloped eggs, one dead hatchling and ten live ones that were released