Inventory of IOP Nest #18 August 22

Nest 18 was found near Ocean Point in Wild Dunes on June 27 by Maryalice Morro and Diane Mullins. This loggerhead had an irregular right side flipper that was seen from her track marks and laid her eggs at the base of a steeply scarped dune. The nest of 98 eggs incubated for 53 days before hatchling tracks were seen on Tuesday morning streaming toward the ocean. The results were 91 empty eggshells and seven undeveloped eggs. There were no hatchlings left in the nest after three days to release. Hatch and Emergence Success were both 91.8%.