It’s November but our surveyors and volunteers aren’t done yet! We have three nests still incubating on PCB, two greens and a loggerhead. You have heard us during our excavations mention an average incubation of 60 days. Well that is the case for peak summer. But the three nests on the beach now have been incubating in cooler temps as they were laid later in the nesting season, so incubation is likely to take a little longer.
Unfortunately, one of our nests experienced a good bit of washover during the last week from high surf/surge in that area. The effects of that washover will be unknown until it is excavated. We are still hopeful some hatchlings will emerge, only time will tell.
So stick with us, our season will continue until possibly mid-November.
We don’t announce nest locations or predicted hatch dates. We will announce excavations of our remaining nests if they hatch. That excavation will take place 3-4 days after it hatches so watch for those in the Events section of our Facebook page, Panama City Beach Turtle Watch.
