Fripp Island Loggerhead Patrol  2004 Summary

9 NESTS
in
2004


4
  False Crawls Documented


Best Nest

# 1 - 97%

Biggest Nest

#2 - 150 eggs





 Monthly Nest Count


 Monthly False Crawls


Nests By Zone

Zone 1(n)- 3

Zone 2(s)- 6


Average Incubation 
Period By Month

June - 52.8 days

July - 50.3 days
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Avg. - 51.5 days


Perseverance Pays

For the fourth year in succession all crawls that resulted in a body pit were were probed until the nest chamber was located.

 


 

 

May - 0

June - 6

July  - 3

August - 0

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Total - 9


First Nest Laid on 6/08

Last Nest Laid on 7/06

Total Eggs Laid - 1093

Avg. Clutch  - 122.9

# Eggs Hatched - 878

Eggs Lost to Probing - 6

Nests Relocated - 8

Nests Left In Situ - 1


 

May - 1

June - 3

July - 0

August - 0

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Total - 4


877 eggs hatched
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 1087 eggs incubated
=
81% Hatch Success


The achievement award for this year goes to all the volunteer members of the Fripp Island Loggerhead Patrol who displayed unwavering dedication to the turtle program despite the unusually low number of  nests this season


 

 
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