South Walton Turtle Watch update for Sea Turtle Season 2023 ?Happy FINAL #Friyay of the 2023 season!!! ?. Wait. What?!…

South Walton Turtle Watch update for Sea Turtle Season 2023 ?Happy FINAL #Friyay of the 2023 season!!! ?. Wait. What?! ? We can’t believe it either!! What better way to send us off, than with the biggest highlight of our …season, “Lacie the Leatherback” (Hatchling from our first fertile Leatherback nest in 18 years!!) heading home!!? We do have some excavation data to share! All but 2?? of these nests had some sort of water disturbances during their incubation periods. Check it out below ? ?Nest 46-Green ?2 emerged ?5 dead in nest ?116 whole—won’t hatch ?123 total eggs ?6% SUCCESS ?Nest 47-Green ?117 whole—won’t hatch ?117 total eggs ?0% SUCCESS ?Nest 48–no water disturbances ?129 whole infertile—all eggs abnormally small ?129 total eggs ?0% SUCCESS ?Nest 49 ? Nest Completely washed out-eggs seen leaving ?0% SUCCESS ?Nest 50-Green ?96 emerged ?1 dead pipped—halfway out of shell ?2 whole eggs ?99 total ?97% SUCCESS ? ?2,517 Hatchlings from 54 Nests ?SWTWG 2023 NESTING SEASON ?56 Nests (34 Loggerhead, 21 Green & 1 Leatherback ?43 False Crawls (35 Loggerhead & 8 Green) Wooo! If your math is mathin, then you know we still have 2 nests remaining! ? Remember, those LATE nesting #Greenseaturtle ladies we had? Yep…Lacie does! ??Those??nests are going to be celebrating Thanksgiving ? with her ?!! We will continue to monitor those nests and share that data with perhaps a SURPRISE #Friyay when it comes. ?? But before we go, we want to sincerely THANK YOU ALL for your contributions and support of our mission in sea turtle conservation. It takes a village to successfully do what we do and we can’t thank you enough. ? #CleanDarkFlat ?? **All work conducted under FWC MTP-120**