GRANDDAUGHTER ON TURTLE NEST WALK TODAY

Our granddaughter, Kiira, was able to go with us on a turtle nest walk today and we were lucky to find an EAI employee who was digging up a nest that was long overdue for hatching.  She indicated that they didn't always know why the nest didn't hatch, but that sometimes the condition of the sand, or many other conditions, left the nest with most of the eggs unhatched, as was the one we saw this morning.  You can see the unhatched eggs on the sand below the EAI employee's head in one of the photos in this posting.  It was very disappointing to see this situation, especially since we were all anticipating seeing some hatchling tracks that led to the ocean when we started our beach adventure today. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that any of the eggs hatched in this nest - at least from the remains that were dug up from the nest today.