August 6th, 2008 we met at the shed 7:30 to go out to see what was happening to Nest#1. Karen Fuss,her guests,Stephanie,Nancy,Steve,Sherry,Linda and Karen were all on hand to help. Stephanie and Nancy started out removing the layers of sand trying to find the nest. Karen and Steve were also lending a hand when Stephanie found the first egg then the second and final one of the nest. One egg had a hole in it with several red ants present and the second egg contained a dead premature hatchling. As you may recall this nest was laid back in May and only two eggs had survived the fox's visit.The baby turtles did not survive but not because of any lack of effort on the part of the volunteers. All eye's now will be on Nest#2 between markers 4 and 5 to await the arrival of the baby loggerheads.Posted by Chuck and Karen Fox.
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