Numbers

As you've guessed, Steve and I are still monitoring a record nesting year.  We have celebrated several milestones this past month.  We quickly went from 100 to 200 nests.  Then last week, we flew by our 2010 total of 217.  We still continue to hold an easy lead, creeping higher and higher.  Today it is close to 60 nests, with a total of 268.  Another fun number is our total number of false crawls (when a turtle crawls up the beach but doesn't nest).  We're near 320, which is greater than the total number of nests plus false crawls for Cumberland Island.  Sorry Cumberland, can't help to boast, but you are our biggest competitor.  Soon we'll hit 300 nests and will have beaten the Ossabaw record of 298.  Steve and I just received what could be the last of the supplies, enough to screen 150 more nests.  If that becomes the case, we'll have over 400 nests!  We're now accepting applications for unpaid help, preferably with experience of sea turtle nest monitoring, vehicle and boat maintenance, home chores, cooking, working in adverse field conditions, over long hours, weekends and holidays....(just kidding but it would be nice).