2010 Turtle Season

Sep 20, 2010

Nest #48 was inventoried last night with 62 shells, 34 unhatched and 2 live hatchlings.

Sep 17, 2010

Nest #48 hatched last night at 50 days
Ev

Sep 16, 2010

No activity today. No more report unless there is something to report for our last two nests (46 & 48).

Sep 15, 2010

Nest #47 Inventory yielded 3 live hatchlings and 4 unhatched eggs
Ev

Sep 14, 2010

Nest #44 was inventoried last night with 94 shells, 16 unhatched eggs, 1 dead and 2 live hatchlings – a really good result from an overwashed nest.
Lynda

Sep 13, 2010

Crab holes filled in at #44 and #47 no sign of turtle tracks. No other activity. The morning patrol with the gator has ended. The remaining nest will be checked each morning by walking over from the street. The green etc.will be picked up within a day or two after inventories.
Ev

Sep 12, 2010

Nest #47 hatched with 84 turtles. The tracks had been washed out by the rain but the number was still in the runway.
Lynda

Sep 11, 2010

Nest #44 hatched probably early this morning. There was one turtle dead in a crab hole and one live that was put in the water. This nest had been overwashed during Earl. Green has been delivered to nest #48. Nest #47 still needs green put out to the high tide line.
Lynda

Sep 10, 2010

Inventory at nest # 45 yielded 9 more live hatchlings 9 unhatched eggs and 99 egg shells.
Ev

Sep 9, 2010

Green etc. has been delivered to nest # 47. One more hatchling came out of # 45.
Ev

Sep 8, 2010

Dave reported 8 more out of # 45 last night.
Ev

Sep 7, 2010

Nest # 45 hatched last night with 73 hatchlings
Ev

Sep 6, 2010

Nothing to report

Sep 5, 2010

Nothing to report
Ev

Sep 4, 2010

Nothing to report
Ev

Sep 3, 2010

Nest #42 hatched and was inventoried with 92 turtles, 1 dead and 10 unhatched eggs. Nest #43 hatched and was inventoried with 122 turtles and 17 unhatched. Nests 44, 46 and 48 were all washed over by the tide. As these should contain unhatched eggs, they should be able to withstand the wash over and no action will be taken until it’s time to collar them. Per the handbook, these nests could stay in the ground as long as 90 days.
Lynda

Sep 2, 2010

A busy evening as we inventoried all nests that had hatched, plus two new hatchings which we also inventoried due to the coming storm. #35 inventoried with 35 live hatchlings and 25 unhatched eggs. #36 inventoried with 13 live hatchlings, 2 dead and 4 unhatched. #37 hatched 94 turtles and 7 unhatched at inventory. #38 inventoried with 1 live hatchling, 4 unhatched and 3 pipped eggs. #39 inventoried with 122 shells, 8 live hatchlings, 1 dead and 6 unhatched. #40 inventoried with 28 live hatchlings and 14 unhatched. #41 hatched 119 turtles and 5 unhatched at inventory. A great job done by all volunteers.
Lynda & Ev

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Sep 1, 2010

Nest # 39 hatched last night with 113 hatchlings. Nest # 34 inventory did not yield any live hatchlings, it had 120 egg shells.
Ev

Aug 31, 2010

Nest # 33 had 6 more live hatchlings from last nights inventory. Nest # 36 hatched last night with 84 hatchlings. Nest # 38 hatched last night with 113 hatchlings.
Ev

Aug 30, 2010

Nest #35 hatched and 14 stragglers went into the water around 6:30 am. More turtles came out of #33. Nest #40 has an indentation and green was delivered. Green was also delivered to #41 and #42. Kathy and Sue found hatchlings between nest #37 and #39 and traced tracks to a nest in the dunes. We believe this was occurrence #96 which was reported as a false crawl on 7/11. The nest was inventoried with 107 shells, 6 bad and 2 live.
Lynda

Aug 29, 2010

Delivered 4 rolls of green to #39. Will deliver more and a squeegee later today. The tide had been close to #41. #36 has a small depression. #39 has a larger depression While we were checking #34 one more turtle came out. #34 did hatch last night at about 8:45, 117 turtles and it will be inventoried on Tuesday night at 7:30.
Joy Hosier & Lynda Sherrill

Aug 28, 2010

No activity, but at 9:15 PM on Friday night 115 turtles hatched from nest #33 all of whom successfully made it into the ocean.
Reported by Joy & Tom

Aug 27, 2010

No new activity. Nest #35 has a definite indentation/hole so should hatch soon.
Rich

Aug 26, 2010

No Activity. Nest #32 was inventoried last night with 1 live hatchling. Green was delivered to nest #37.

Aug 25, 2010

No Activity. Nest 31 was inventoried last night.
Alice

Aug 24, 2010

No activity except for crabs.
Ev

Aug 23, 2010

Nest #32 appears to have hatched during the storm last night. Team 2 will check it today to make sure. Nest #29 also must have hatched during the storm last Thursday and was inventoried last night. 119 shells, 16 unhatched, 5 dead and 2 live hatchlings. Nest #25 was inventoried with 120 shells and 2 unhatched eggs.
Lynda

Aug 22, 2010

Nest #31 hatched last night just after dark. A nice crowd of visitors watched 100 turtles go into the water. Nest #30 was inventoried with 78 shells, 11 unhatched eggs and 7 live turtles. Nest #28 was inventoried with 106 shells, 8 unhatched eggs and 6 live turtles.
Lynda

Aug 21, 2010

Nest #26 was inventoried last night with 110 shells and 8 unhatched eggs. Vacationers who saw #25 hatch reported 127 hatchlings came out on Thursday at 11:20 pm.
Lynda

Aug 20, 2010

Nest #25 hatched but all tracks were wiped out by the rain. There was a large crab hole in the middle and a dead turtle but one live hatchling also, which was eager to get to the ocean. Nest #22 was inventoried with 74 shells and 3 unhatched eggs. There were large crab holes in several nests, particularly #29 and #30. Nest #32 is collared.
Lynda

Aug 19, 2010

44 hatchlings out of # 30 last night and more later not seen by anyone. Nest # 28 also hatched after 11:00 pm not seen by anyone. Nest # 24 was inventoried last night with 60 unhatched, 1 dead and 1 live.
Ev

Aug 18, 2010

Nest #26 hatched last night.
Ev

Aug 17, 2010

Nest #22 hatched 74 turtles last night. More came out of Nest #24. Nest #33 had a dimple yesterday morning at only 38 days. It was collared last night and there was no change this morning.
Lynda

Aug 16, 2010

Nest #24 hatched last night

Aug 15, 2010

No activity last night. We inventoried #23, the nest that was uncovered by the tide and 25 eggs were relocated. As we thought, none of the eggs had hatched. There is a lot of green out there, let’s hope for some boils soon.
Lynda

Aug 14, 2010

Nothing to report.
Lynda

We have had problems with flash cameras this year. Please understand that after a flash goes off the turtles can have temporary blindness and disorientation before making their 48 hour swim in the ocean. Even though you think you have your flash turned off, there still may be a burst of light before the picture is taken. It is best not to take a picture.

And remember using a flash is harassment of the turtles which carries a $100,000 fine and/or one year in prison.

Aug 13, 2010

Nest #19 was inventoried with 86 shells, 14 unhatched and 8 live hatchlings. Nest #21 was inventoried with 139 shells, 4 unhatched and also 8 live hatchlings. Green has been delivered to Nests 25 and 26.
Lynda

Aug 12, 2010

Nest #17 was inventoried last night with disappointing results: 1 live hatchling, 43 shells, 1 dead hatchling, and 113 unhatched eggs. Green will be delivered to nests 25 and 26 tomorrow morning.
Lynda

Aug 11, 2010

The only activity this morning was a dead turtle in front of the Villas. It was 12″ long, freshly dead, possibly from a shark bite, and we think it is a green turtle. It will be sent to the State to be necropsied.
Lynda

Aug 10, 2010

Nest 19 had 81 hatchlings at about 10:00 pm. Nest 21 had 125 hatchlings at about 09:00 pm. Nest 17 had 1 more hatchling. No other new activity.
Ev

Aug 9, 2010

Nest #17 hatched last night, 34 turtles were counted but more came out overnight. Nest #18 inventory produced 1 live hatchling, 1 dead and 5 unhatched eggs, 117 shells. Nest #20 inventory produced 1 live hatchling, 2 unhatched eggs and 108 shells. In addition to the ever present crab tracks, several of the nests had paw prints in the runway and around the cage. They could be fox or dog.

As some of you know, Seaturtle.org needs a new server and has asked for donations. We use this all the time for online reporting and keeping up with activity on other beaches. CB Turtle Program has donated $50 to this fund drive. If you don’t already have it on your favorites, it has a wealth of information.
Lynda

Aug 8, 2010

No activity today.
Lynda

Aug 7, 2010

No activity.
Ev

Aug 6, 2010

Just found out that nest #18 hatched last night also with 115 hatchlings. Barb had a big audience as usual. Nest #20 hatched last night at only 47 days. Nothing new.
Lynda

Aug 5, 2010

We’ve had a long dry spell for new nests but we haven’t given up hope yet. Nest #16 was inventoried with 89 shells, 16 unhatched, 6 pipped and 11 live hatchlings.

Just wanted to share the DNA results so far. They have only managed to process less than 100 samples for all three states (SC, GA, NC) but three of ours were in there. Nest 20 and 26 were the same turtle, only 9 days apart. Our nest 22 was Oak Island’s nest 1 almost a month apart. This is going to be so interesting, can’t wait to get more results.
Lynda

Aug 4, 2010

No new nest or false crawls today. We did have two more hatchlings out of #16 and a crab stomping that sounded like self defense.
Ev

Aug 3, 2010

No new nests but 4 inventories last night. Nest 11 130 shells, 7 unhatched eggs and 1 live hatchling. Nest 12 96 shells, 17 unhatched eggs. Nest 14 138 shells, 14 unhatched and 1 live hatchling. Nest #15 128 shells, 23 unhatched and 19 live hatchlings. We’re heading into a quiet spell for a few days.
Lynda

Aug 2, 2009

Nest #16 hatched last night at 11:30. 71 hatchlings made a long walk to the ocean. No other activity.
Lynda

Aug 1, 2010

No new activity today. Nest #6 was inventoried last night with 110 shells and 10 bad eggs.
Lynda

July 31, 2010

A busy night – Some lucky people saw two boils. #12 hatched 89 turtles around 7:30, then #14 hatched 137 around 8:00. Nest #11 must have hatched just before 11:00 pm, don’t know how many and some hatchlings turned around at the tide line and roamed around the beach. Nest #15 hatched 100+ turtles. Nest #9 was inventoried with 70 shells and 25 unhatched. Nest #7 was inventoried with 53 shells and 3 live turtles.
Lynda

July 30, 2010

A quiet morning with no laying or hatching activity. Nest #15 has a good sized indentation and crack.
Lynda

July 29, 2010

Nest #6 hatched around 9 last night with 110 hatchlings. It was a picture perfect boil and every turtle went straight to the ocean without even turning around, which goes to show that the turtles know what they are doing and didn’t even need the real moon or our lanterns. We inventoried #13 and found 116 shells, 1 dead and 10 bad eggs.

We can only think this nest hatched on Sunday early evening and the two turtles John found were the stragglers, not the first out. As there was no runway yet, the tracks must have been lost in the beach traffic prints. This would make the nest hatching at 50 days. Nest #16 has a crack in it and green has been delivered. Also green is at nest 15. Foxes dug up the inventoried nests 13 and 8.
Lynda

July 28, 2010

We had nest #48 with a 32″ crawl at marker 72.7 and we relocated 96 eggs Also we had 2 false crawls of 32″ at maker 73.8 and 76.1, probably the same turtle that layed. Nest # 5 inventory yielded 4 live hatchlings and 111 egg shells for a 92% hatch rate. Nest # 8 inventory yielded 35 egg shells for a 56% hatch rate. Nest #7 had 29 more hatchlings come out. Nest #9 hatched last night with 60 hatchlings.
Ev

July 27, 2010

After a late start due to the storm we found two false crawls of 32″ at marker 73.5 and 74.5. She must be looking for the perfect spot. Nest #10 was inventoried last night with 105 hatched eggs, 32 bad eggs, 2 live and 2 dead hatchlings.
Lynda

July 26, 2010

What a strange season we’re having! At least two turtles came out of nest #13. It looks like someone made a runway from sand so hopefully they made it to the water. The green is out there now and the nest should be collared. Again it looks like two turtles came out of nest #5 but they came out through crab holes at the side, not the center of the nest. We have seen more ghost crabs this year than ever before. We had a false crawl of 32″ at marker 72.1, she only went a few yards before she changed her mind.
Lynda

July 25, 2010

Nest #8 had 31 hatchlings out last night. Nest #5 had 98 out while the volunteers were there and this morning there was a perfect set of tracks right over the number in the sand, so 99 so far. Nest #1 inventory had 88 shells, 4 bad eggs and 2 dead turtles. Nest #2 inventory had 135 shells and 16 bad eggs. No new nests.
Lynda

July 24, 2010

Nest #47 with a 35″ crawl at marker 72.9. 100 eggs were moved back.
Lynda

July 23, 2010

One false crawl of 32″ at marker 66.2. She went high in the dunes, trampled a lot of sea oats and went back out. One more turtle came out of #10, that nest is just trickling out. Also one more out of nest #1. Nest 8 looked like it had some activity but it was hard to tell if it was turtles or crabs.
Lynda

July 22, 2010

Nest #2 hatched around 9:30 pm last night with 133 turtles. Nest #1 also hatched some time after 10 pm but no one saw it.No new activity. The shells from nest 3 and 4 inventories were dug up, presumably by a fox This was typical in the past so we’re not too concerned yet.
Lynda

July 21, 2010

2 new nests last night! Nest # 45 with a 34″ crawl at marker # 54.9 and Nest # 46 with a 42″ crawl at marker # 78.2. Nest # 3 produced 13 more hatchlings at inventory last night for an 86% hatch rate. Nest #10 surprised us with hatchlings last night after only 47 days incubation. Green has been delivered to Nests # 5, 6 & 10. Nest # 7 will get green from the inventory of Nest# 4 tonight. Nest # 8, 9 & 11 will have green delivered today before 5:00 pm. Nest # 5 through 11 should be wrapped today before dusk. If anyone needs help please ask.
Thanks Ev

July 20, 2010

Had nest #44 with a 35″ crawl at marker 58.1. Looks like some more came out of #4 & #3. Green and squeegee have been delivered to #5
Ev

July 19. 2010

Nest #4 hatched last night with 94 turtles. More came out of nest #3. Still waiting on
nests 1 and 2. No other activity.
Lynda

July 18, 2010

Nest #3 hatched last night with 64 turtles. I think that makes us the first in the State. No other activity.
Lynda

July 17, 2010

Nothing to report

July 16, 2010

No activity today. Nests 1, 2 and 3 are collared and we are hoping for activity soon.
Lynda

July 15, 2010

Had nest #43 with a 36″ crawl at marker #63.2 Looks like the same turtle gave us a 36″ false crawl at marker #61.3
Ev

July 14, 2010

Busy morning for Tom and John. 3 nests and 1 false crawl. Nest 40, crawl width washed out by the tide at the Baptist, moved 89 eggs to marker #59. Nest 41, 40″ crawl at marker #65.1. Nest 42, 32″ crawl
at marker #73.4. False crawl of 38″ at marker 66.3
Ev

July 13, 2010

What an exciting morning. The patrol came across a turtle laying her nest around 6:15 am. She had a 42″ crawl and laid Nest 39 at marker 62.5. By the time I got there to take pictures she was just covering her eggs. We also had Nest 38 with a 34″ crawl and 126 eggs were moved from down by the river was moved to Marker 56.6. One false crawl of 38″ at marker 53.5.
Lynda

July 12, 2010

There was a 32″ false crawl at marker 60.6 but it looks like she came back at marker 62.8 and laid Nest #37 up in the dunes.
Lynda

July 11, 2010

We had nest #36 with a 34″ crawl at the end of Trott Street. We moved 107 eggs to marker 79.5 as she had laid directly behind Chasers Beach Club. Vacationers told us they watched her lay around 11pm and that she was not bothered by the loud noise and car lights. We had three 30″ false crawls at marker 58, 62 and 72.9 and one 32″ crawl at marker 62.4.
Lynda

July 10, 2010

We had nest #35 at marker 76.1 with a 40″ crawl. 122 eggs were moved back. After she laid the eggs the turtle meandered about 200 yards along the beach before going back in the water. This was strange
behavior and usually results in a false crawl.
Lynda

July 9, 2010

They’re back! We had nest 33 with a 40″ crawl at marker 72.8, 131 eggs were moved back from the high tide line. Also nest 34 with a 32″ crawl at marker 73, 153 eggs were moved back.
Thanks,
Lynda

July 8, 2010

No activity.
Ev

July 7, 2010

No activity.
Ev

July 6, 2010

No activity.
Ev

July 5, 2010

No turtle activity again. If a turtle had decided to come ashore last night she would have been hard pressed to find a spot that didn’t have a cabana, a big hole or a pile of trash.
Lynda

July 4, 2010

No activity.
Ev

July 3, 2010

We had nest #32 at marker 62.2 with a 35″ crawl. There were 3 False crawls – 35″ at 62.4, 34″ at 65.2 and one small crawl at 70.9 which couldn’t be measured as she came in and out on the same track. The escarpment prevented them from getting on the beach but we can assume at least two of these were from the same turtle that finally laid.
Lynda

July 2, 2010

No activity today.
Lynda

July 1, 2010

We had a late start due to the rain but did not have any activity last night.
Lynda

June 30, 2010

We had a busy morning with Nest 28, 35″ crawl at 49.2, moved 114 eggs to marker 55.9. Nest 29, 36″ crawl at marker 56, Nest 30, 30″ crawl at marker 66.8 moved 89 eggs straight back, and Nest 31, 34″ crawl at marker 67, moved 122 eggs straight back also. These last two nests were about 50 feet apart and laid just above the escarpment. Also four false crawls – 40″ at marker 49, 40″ at 54.3, 30″ crawl at 62.8, and 37″ at marker 77.6. This turtle was seen last night in front of the Villas and tried to dig a nest but got tangled up in a cabana and chairs and was finally scared off by people.
Lynda

June 29,2010

Another 3 false crawls today, it was probably the same turtle with a 30″ crawl at marker 66.1, 68.7 and 72.8.
Lynda

June 28, 2010

We had nest 26 at 62.5 with a 32″ crawl. Again she dug high up in the dunes. Three false crawls – 32″ at marker 64.5, 36″ at marker 75 and 36″ at marker 78. We also found a nest below the high tide line, uncovered by the tide and ghost crabs, there were no whole eggs just some shells.
Lynda

June 27, 2010

The turtles are back, thank goodness. Nest 24 with a 35″ crawl, 140 eggs moved to marker 56.2. Nest 25 with a 39″ crawl at marker 68.9. False crawl of 39″ at marker 58.7.
Lynda

June 26, 2010

This is our third day with no turtle activity.
Lynda

June 25, 2010

Nothing to report.
Lynda

June 24, 2010

No new activity this morning but a nest was uncovered by the high tide at the bottom of the escarpment at Marker 58.8. There is no record of a false crawl in this area so we assume she laid at high tide and the tracks were washed away. We are calling this nest 23. We moved 25 eggs into a new nest but are not sure how viable they are.
Lynda

June 23, 2010

No activity
Ev

June 22, 2010

Nest #22 today with a 36″ crawl at marker 62.2. She went up toward the dunes, turned around and then laid on the way back facing the ocean. Also 2 false crawls of 30″ at 68.5 and 36″ at 70, this one again went high in the dunes at the parking lot.
Lynda

June 21, 2010

Another 4 false crawls today, 3 with 33″ crawl at Marker 63, 65 and 77.2 and one
36″ at 51.5. Two crawls went high into the dunes but no digging.
Lynda

June 20, 2010

Just one false crawl today. 40″ at 66.9.
Lynda

June 19, 2010

We had nest 20 at marker 63 with a 35″ crawl, nest 21 at marker 65.9 with a 40″ crawl and a false crawl of 35″ at marker 76.9.
Lynda

June 18, 2010

We had nest #19 at marker 60.5 with a 30″ crawl, also two false crawls of 36″ at marker 65.9 and 55.5.
Lynda

June 17, 2010

We had nest 18 at marker 77.7 with a 34″ crawl, finally one for Barb in front of the
Villas. 122 eggs were moved back from the high tide line. There were 3 false crawls – 36″ at marker 51.9, 32″ at marker 55.9 and 34″ at marker 60.5.
Lynda

June 16, 2010

Had nest #17 this morning, a 36″ crawl at marker 55.5. Also had 6 false crawls, 37″ at 50.3, 35″ at 52.3, 30″ at 55, 30″ at 55.2, 31″ at 63.5 and a 33″ at 66.8
Ev

June 15, 2010

Three false crawls this morning, 39″ at the river, 35″ at marker 62.2 and a 30″ at marker 67.5.
Ev

June 14, 2010

Hi Everyone,
We’re back and of all the sights we saw in Alaska nothing was better than seeing tracks and eggs this morning. We had one nest with a 34″ crawl at marker 51. 121 eggs were moved to marker 56.5. We had four false crawls – two 32″ at
marker 51.5 and 68, and two 34″ at marker 60 and 73.2. Three of these crawls turned around due to the high escarpment.
Lynda

June 13, 2010

We had a false of 40″ wide at marker 60.5, so possibly a nest tomorrow.
Alice

June 12, 2010

Nothing to report for today.
Alice

June 11, 2010

Nothing to report for today.
Alice

June 10, 2010

Nothing to report for today.
Alice

June 9, 2010

Crawl # 32 at marker 50.9 was reported as false yesterday, but Tom Adams found eggs there last night. This morning we moved 151 eggs (nest #15) to marker 57. No other activity.
Alice

June 8, 2010

One Nest and 2 false crawls today. Nest #14 with a crawl of 40″ at marker 66.5. One
crawl with a width of 43″ at marker 51.6 and the other crawl with a width of 43″ at marker 50.9.
Alice

June 7, 2010

We had two false crawls this morning. One with a crawl of 38″ at marker #52 and the other with a crawl of 40″ at marker #68.
Alice

June 6, 2010

Nothing to report this morning.

June 5, 2010

Busy morning again today… 6 false crawls & 2 nests: Nest #12 with a crawl width of 38″ at marker 67.2 and Nest #13 with a crawl width of 39″ at marker 73.3; also some very tired volunteers.
Alice

June 4, 2010

It was a busy night last night – 5 false crawls & 2 nests. Nest #10 with a width of 38″ at marker 70.2; Nest #11 with a width of 42″ at marker 67.9; and the crew is very hot & tired now!
Alice

June 3, 2010

Sorry for the delay getting this out…but we had a busy morning. We had two nests confirmed this morning. Nest #8 was moved from the Baptist Assembly to marker 57.1 with 62 eggs. Nest #9 was found at marker 66.9. A false crawl at marker 61.2 and a possible nest at marker 54, but Dave and I couldn’t find the eggs.
Tom

June 2, 2010

Boy is Tom’s vacancy sign working — another nest this morning… Nest 7 with a 42″
crawl was laid at Marker 49.2 with 182 eggs. 181 (after one was removed for DNA testing) were moved to marker 56.8.
Alice

Jun 1, 2010

Nest #6 with a 40″ crawl at marker 66.3. Rich said that she crawled about 80 yards

before she found the right spot!
Alice

May 31, 2010

Happy Memorial Day to everyone. We had a false crawl this morning of 34″ at marker 51.
Alice

May 30, 2010

Well we had another visitor this morning! Nest #5 at marker 74.8 with a 36″ crawl. The nest was not relocated.
Alice

May 29, 2010

Nothing to report today.
Alice

May 28, 2010

Tom Adam’s vacancy sign must be working as we had another nest this morning. Nest #4 with a 36″ crawl at marker 56.5, we moved 151 eggs to marker 56.3. This was Jay Ervin’s first time to find the eggs and he did a great job.
Alice for Lynda & Ev

May 27, 2010

Caswell Beach is lucky again – Nest #3 this morning with a 30″ crawl at marker 77.2. It was laid at the high tide line and 119 eggs were relocated.
Lynda

May 26, 2010

Nothing to report.
Ev

May 25, 2010

We had nest # 2 this morning at marker # 63.7 with a 36″ crawl.
Ev

May 24, 2010

Had a late start due to the rain but found nothing.
Lynda

May 23, 2010

Nothing to report today. The nest we had yesterday was the first of the season for North Carolina. There are new tee shirts and hats available at the Town Hall.
Lynda

May 22, 2010

We had nest #1 today, 40″ crawl at marker 67 (Smith’s walkway). We took one egg for DNA sampling. Keep em coming!
Lynda

May 21, 2010

Still waiting for our first crawl.
Lynda

May 20, 2010

Nothing to report. Sorry this is late but it went out to the wrong list.
Ev

May 19, 2010

Nothing to report.
Ev

May 18, 2010

Nothing to report.
Ev

May 17, 2010

No nest this morning but we did have a dead turtle last evening. It was a female 41″ long and freshly dead, probably killed by a shark or similar.
Lynda

May 16, 2010

Nothing to report
Ev

May 15, 2010

Nothing to report
Ev

May 14, 2010

Nothing to report
Ev

May 13, 2010

Nothing to report
Ev

May 12, 2010

Nothing to report.
Ev

May 11, 2010

Nothing to report
Ev

May 10, 2010

A very cold morning with no activity.
Lynda

May 9, 2010

Nothing to report today. The Leatherback did not lay on Oak Island or anywhere else that we know of. Someone reported seeing her last night around 7:00 pm at 40th St. hopefully heading back to Caswell Beach.
Lynda

May 8, 2010

Nothing to report this morning.

Yesterday we almost had a Leatherback nest. Around 9:00 am we were called that a turtle was in trouble at the 400 block. She was not injured and seemed to be trying to find a place to come in to lay. We followed her all day as she went west to Oak Island. We thought she was coming ashore dozens of times but she lifted up her head at the last minute and changed her mind. We left the beach at 29th St. at 8:00 pm. It was a very long day.

Joy and Oak Island volunteers followed her until they lost sight of her around 11:00 pm at West 3rd St. We’ll let you know if they found a nest when we hear something. Also Dave Weigel took some close up photos which we’ll forward.

Wendy, our State Coordinator, came down from Morehead City and stayed until 8:00 also. She estimated the turtle weighed around 600 lbs. She was a beautiful creature.
Lynda

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May 7, 2010

Nothing to report
Lynda

May 6, 2010

No activity.
Ev

May 5, 2010

A beautiful sunny morning, no activity.
Ev

May 4, 2010

No turtle activity, just two very wet volunteers.
Lynda

May 3, 2010

Jay’s first morning on patrol and we had a dead turtle, what a way to start training. It was around Ocean Greens Lane area, 31 inches long and weighed approx. 100 lbs. It was in pretty bad shape but we couldn’t determine what had caused death. Now we want live ones.
Lynda

May 2, 2010

Started patrolling yesterday, nothing to report so far.
Lynda