Seabrook Island Has First South Carolina Nest to Hatch in 2017!

Nest #1 was laid on May 4th and began hatching 62 days later on July 5th. It was the first nest to hatch in South Carolina!

The crawl was found by Terry Fansler, Gloria Reynolds, Chris Czander & Pat Luzadder  and Judy Morr found found the nest. Here are the results:

Shells                            119

Unhatched eggs             3

Dead hatchlings              1

Live hatchlings               11

Total live                       116   

Hatch success              96.7%

Emergence success     86.9%