Likely our last nest

We've had two nest hatches this season.  The last kept the turtle team on the beach waiting until 2 am! But today another turtle came ashore to lay a nest.  We'd thought the turtles were finished for the season but we had a surprise.  Mary reports:

"Just when we thought we had all of our nests for 2007, Pat discovered tracks near 54th Avenue. This turtle had bumped into a deteriorating section of sand fencing there but managed to lay eggs in a rather flat washover area below the spring tide. We found 101 eggs with one broken one near the bottom of the clutch and relocated them to a dune near 32nd Avenue. This nest may not hatch until mid October."

The nesting part of the season is winding down, but the hatching is heating up!