St. George Island

2008 Marine Turtle Nesting Season

Summary

168 Cc Nests marked for protection and monitoring

156 False Crawls (occasions when a turtle emerged from the surf far enough to leave tracks)

15 nests caged for research

82 nests washed away

86 nests hatched to some extent (some hatched completely while others had only one or two hatchlings emerge)

85 nests were evaluated for hatchling success

9491 eggs were tallied during nest evaluations

8010 hatchlings emerged from nests

20 nests disoriented to lights

1626 hatchlings were disoriented by lights