Nest 30 – 2024

The crazy tracks made by our sea turtle mom as she was deciding where to lay her nest.

Analyzing the nest site.  Where did mom lay her eggs?  Always a fun puzzle for the responding team to solve.

Digging, searching for the egg chamber.

This nest needed to be relocated above the high tide line. Here team members carefully collect eggs from the original nest

Members take turns retrieving the eggs.

The eggs will be kept in the same basic order as mom laid them. So the first eggs taken out will be the last ones put in. Trying to keep the nest just like mom made it.

A new nest site is created using the same dimensions as the sea turtle mom used to create the original nest.

Data loggers record hourly temperatures inside and outside of the nest.  This information is used to help predict when the nest will emerge.

Nest 30 – The amazing respond team who worked to make this nest safe and secure.  Congratulations!