The Wednesday group discovered 65 hatching turtles today on Waties Island and ensured that each reached the ocean safely. It appeared that each egg in the nest had produced a live and healthy baby; we saw no evidence of broken or unhatched egg shells. When we first arrived on the beach, that nest showed some signs that hatching was imminent, possibly this evening. However, when the group covering the "short walk" returned to the site, lo and behold, the hatchlings were already crawling out of the nest! I'm a novice at turtle-watching but believe it may be an anomaly that these turtles hatched in broad, sunny daylight rather than after sunset.
Dale L.
Check out the results from yesterday's nest inventories below.
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