Inventories of IOP Nest 10 & Nest 14 August 5

Nest 10 was found by Ellen Thomas, Frannie Bryant, Lynn Holgate and Jodie Morgan near 7^th Avenue on June 10. It contained only 70 eggs that were relocated because of the Corps or Engineers renourishment project that will continue into the winter of 2025. It incubated for 53 days. Genetics study showed that this is Loggerhead #3023 whose first recorded nesting was in 2011 when she laid four times on IOP and once at Debordieu beach and then not until 2019 when she nested once on IOP and three times on Folly Beach. Today's inventory revealed only 3 undeveloped eggs out of the 70 laid, There were no hatchlings left in the nest dead or alive. Hatch and Emergence Success was 92.4%.

Nest 14 was laid at Shipwatch at the base of a steeply scarped dune in Wild Dunes and found by Sandy and Harold Hirschmann on June 16. There were 113 eggs that incubated for only 47 days. Today we found 14 eggs that did not develop, 3 dead hatchlings that were still in the nest and 9 live hatchlings remained three days after the others left. Sandy and Harold released the 9 stragglers to crawl into the water. Hatch Success was 86.7% and Emergence Success was 76.1%.

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