We are currently monitoring nests at the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. For up to date predictions and graphs of data, please go to our Google Group
Here are graphs of nests where hatchlings have emerged:
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NPS code
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Sensor
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Date Predicted
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Date Observed
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Notes;
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NH007R |
AA0009 |
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July 20 |
The NPS reports that this nest boiled the night of July 20th. There was too much noise in this nest to be able to make any predictions. After the final count we'll know how predated the nest was. If you imagine the data without all the spikes, you can imagine hatching data behind the noise. This nest went very early -- day 51. 20+ emerged the following day
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NH002 |
AA0005 |
July 21 |
July 21 |
(Note, the days listed in the x-axis of this chart is off by 8 days. Add 8 to the numbers you see.) Emergence was predicted for Tuesday evening, July 21st. Turtle patrol reported 1 hatching track and a depression on 07/22. (More might have come out, there was a severe rain storm the previous night.)
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NH004 |
AA0007 |
July 23 |
July 22 |
Emergence was predicted for Thursday evening, July 23rd. The first 15 or so were observed the evening before. The turtle patrol observed tracks for over 25 hatchlings on the 23rd.
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NH003 |
AA0006 |
July 24 |
July 23 |
Emergence was predicted for Friday evening, July 24th. The first few hatchlings were observed the evening before. There was a boil on the 25th.
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NH014 |
AA0013 |
July 26 |
July 26 |
There was a boil the night of the 26th, sometime after 9PM and before 6:30AM the next morning, with too many tracks to count.
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NH015 |
AA0011 |
July 30 |
July 29 |
Three hatchlings emerged on the 29th and there was a boil on the 30th.
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NH022 |
AA0016 |
July 29 |
July 29 |
There was minimal data to use to generate a prediction, but even so the prediction was accurate. 30+ hatchlings emerged on the 29th.
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NH023 |
AA0017 |
Aug 7 |
Aug 6 |
The morning of 8/7 a hatchling was found wandering near the dunes. Rain washed out the tracks so it is not certain how many emerged the evening of 8/6. There was a record of 9 hatchlings on the 9th and 5 on the 10th. A total of 85 eggshells were counted. It seems likely that most of the hatchlings left on Thursday evening (8/6).
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NH024 |
AA0025 |
Aug 6 |
Aug 7 |
More than 20 tracks were counted the morning of the 8th. On 8/9 the activity recorded was from the nest being washed out. Very few hatched or unhatched were found after the washout, so it is unclear exactly what happened.
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NH013 |
AA0010 |
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This nest was thought to be infertile, and it was. Excavated on Aug 12
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