PANAMA CITY BEACH 2001 SEA TURTLE
NEST INFORMATION
The map shows the location of all nests identified in 2001, and the table shows which nests were lost or relocated during Tropical Storm Barry.  The nests are numbered chronologically, with Nest 1 representing the first of the season and Nest 13 the last.  Turtle Watch volunteers checked the nests for hatchlings every night beginning 45-50 days after the eggs were laid.  The average incubation time in 2001 was 64 days, although nests hatched as early as 58 days and as late as 68 days. 
 
 
Nest
Address
Date Laid
Monitor Start or Hatch Date
Eggs Laid/
Turtles Emerged
 Incubation Time (Days) Comments
1
 House at 7819 Surf Dr
5 Jun
 19 Jul
109/4
67
 Only 4 hatchlings emerged because this nest was damaged by flooding from TS Barry. 
2
 House at 20507 Front Beach Rd (FBR)
5 Jun
 ? 132/3
 
 Only 3 turtles emerged due to flooding from TS Barry.
3
 Bright Star Motel, 14705 FBR
8 Jun
 failed
108/0
 
 Relocated near dune on Aug 6 as TS Barry was washing away nest. Nest failed to hatch due to flooding from the storm.
4
 Long Beach Resort, 10511 FBR (easternmost bld)
17 Jun
failed
97/0
 
 Failed due to flooding by TS Barry on Aug 6. 
5
 Ramsgate Condo, 23011 FBR (west side)
28 June
failed
?/0
 
 Washed away by TS Barry on Aug 5. 
6
 Ocean Towers Beach Club, 11211 FBR (east side)
29 Jun
4 Sep
74/4
68
 Ants got into this nest and forced us to do an emergency excavation.  4 hatchlings emerged on their own, all covered in ants, and 18 more were discovered inside the nest.  Shirley Brown, Paul Gicewicz, and Kennard Watson cleaned the ants off the turtles and released them into the gulf. 47 unhatched eggs were reburied beside nest #10.
7
 Impala Motel, 17751 FBR
29 Jun
failed
142/0
 
 Relocated near dune on Aug 5 as TS Barry was washing away nest. 
8
 House at 6709 Gulf Dr
10 Jul
10 Sep
111/111
63
 This nest had 100% hatch success, a very rare occurrence. 
9
 Latitude 29 Condo, 21703 FBR (east side, use LaValencia walkway)
11 Jul
failed
?/0
 
 Washed away by TS Barry on Aug 6. 
10
 Coral Reef Condo, 6609 Thomas Dr (100 yd west near old Runaway Island Restaurant)
13 Jul
?
111/83
?
 The 83 turtles that emerged from this nest may have come out during the day, because volunteers performing the nighttime monitoring never saw them. 
11
 House at 17787 FBR (3 blds west of Impala Motel)
13 Jul
8 Sep
101/92
58
 Many hatchlings escaped from the cage and crawled toward the road, attracted by a street light.  47 turtles were rescued thanks to the good work of Mary Mittiga, Molly Burris, and Nancy Evou. 
12
 8th house west of Ramada Inn, 12907 FBR. 
23 Jul
24 Sep
89/75
63
 The turtles that emerged from this nest were disoriented by lights from the Ramada Inn. 
13
 House at 22019 FBR (7th house west of Seawitch Motel)
31 Jul
failed
?/0
 
 Washed away by TS Barry on Aug 5. 
 
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