Amelia Island Sea Turtle Watch, Inc

2012 NEST SUMMARY

 
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

   
   

2012 Nest Summary

 

Nests shown in red have emerged and been excavated or eroded away.

 
 

NEST COUNT

VOLUNTEERS

NEST or FC (false crawl)

DATE

LOCATION/RELOCATION

# OF EGGS

  

     
 
 
   
           
           
         
     
   
     
 
       
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
   

 

     
           
           
            
           
           
             
           
            
           
           
           
           
           
           
           

 

Excavation Terminology

 


Nest - Name of nest

Date Emerge - date that the nest emerged

Live in Nest - Number of live hatchlings found in the nest

Dead in Nest - Number of dead hatchlings found in the nest

Live Pipped - Live hatchling in an egg that is broken open

Dead Pipped - Dead hatchling in an egg that is broken open

Unhatched - Number of eggs that did not hatch or break open at all

Shards - Number of empty egg shells

Live Emerge - Number of hatchlings that exited the nest completely

Nest Success Summary

Nest

Date Emerge

Live in Nest

Dead in Nest

Live Pipped

Dead Pipped

Unhatched

Shards

Live Emerge