It's been a slow week, but there still is evidence that the sea turtle nests are hatching. This scene was probably the result of a crab that had pulled some of these egg shells up to the surface after the hatchlings had left the nest. The egg "shells" are soft and pliable when moist. Once they have dried out, they feel like crumbled paper. The most recent count is as follows: 33 our of 51 nests have hatched; 18 still unhatched, with possibly 1 that has been destroyed by wave action on the beach. It appears that there was also one undocumented nest on the north side of our beach area that hatched on August 13. I'm anxious for the remaining nests to hatch before any major storms destroy some of the remaining unhatched nests.
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