Loggerhead sea turtle returning to sea after early morning nesting on Amelia Island.

P.O. Box 566
Fernandina Beach, FL 32035

Design by Eliza Holliday, www.letterist.com

Mary Duffy, President
mdcaretta@comcast.net

Abbreviations
AIP	Amelia Island Plantation
FC	False crawl or abandoned nesting attempt, the turtle crawls out of water but does not nest.
Initial with number	Name of nest. Permitted volunteer's initial & count of nests they have verified
Insitu	Clutch of eggs left in place and not relocated
Relocated	clutch of eggs removed from original nest site & placed in artificial nest site
SRA	State Recreation Area, south end. Managed by Little Talbot Island State Geo Park

Nest Success Summary

The link below is a summary of the data from the 2010 nesting season. It was a record year!

Definitions of Excavation Terms
LP	Live Pipped: Egg is cracked open and a live hatchling remains inside without emerging.
DP	Dead Pipped: Egg is cracked open and a dead hatchling remains inside. Died in emergence process.
LN	Live in Nest: Hatchling is totally emerged from the shard, but did not exit the nest.
DN	Dead in Nest: Hatchling is totally emerged from the shard and dead.
UNH	Unhatched Egg.
Shards	Empy eggshells.
# Eggs	Total number of eggs in the clutch.
Live Emerge	Total number of hatchlings that emerged successfully from the nest without assistance.