Inventories of IOP Nests 20 and 21 August 24
- Mary Pringle
- 4 days ago
- 1 min read
After several days of torrential rain, many of the beach paths were flooded and a loud chorus of frogs was heard on the way out to the nests.
Nest 20 was laid at 8th Avenue on June 29 and found by Susan Lipsey and Elizabeth Rast. It was moved out of the renourishment project area to 30th Avenue, There were 95 eggs in the nest, and it incubated for 53 days before turtles came out. At today's inventory we found 95 empty eggshells, 26 undeveloped eggs, eight dead hatchlings and two live ones that were released by Susan to crawl to the water. Hatch Success was 77.8% and Emergence Success was 69.6%
Nest 21 was laid the day after Nest 20 nearby at 810 Ocean Blvd on June 30, also in the active project area ongoing by the US Army Corps of Engineers. This one was reported by Jeannie Milota and Peggy Klimecki, contained 103 eggs, and incubated for 52 days. Today we found 80 empty eggshells, 22 undeveloped eggs, two dead and one live hatchling. Susan Lipsey released this one along with the two from her Nest #20. Hatch Success was 77.6% and Emergence Success was 74.7%.
