Posts by Caswell Turtle Watch

We have 87 nests!!!!  That is the total number of nests we had last year!   No false crawls today. Nest #85 had some interesting characteristics. We saw some Green-like parallel flipper strokes and some Loggerhead-like alternating flipper strokes.  Mama dug and abandoned 3 holes before moving up again and laying (another characteristic of Greens).  The Read More

WOW!  We had 8 Crawls today!  3 new nests and 5 false crawls.   4 of the false crawls were very obvious. The other was our struggling Multi-Pit Mama.  She went on quite the journey today!  I will send a video later. Nests #82, #83 & #84 Mamas were very smart and laid high on the Read More

It was windy again last night and this morning! Nests #3, #4 and #10 all had some turtles emerge last night.  Many visitors were present to add support! Nest #3 had 3 more emerge this morning for walking patrol and Nest #10 had more emerge overnight. We had 2 false crawls.  Both crawled high to dune lines, but Read More

Good Morning! No nesting activity overnight, but there was a lot of sand accumulation again!  Some runways and nest tops need uncovering and repair. Several teams are now sitting with nests, anticipating the hatchlings.  Several other nests are scheduled to be greened now through the weekend.  Busy days are ahead, so rest up when you can! Read More

Nest #2 was inventoried this evening. We had a wonderful group of visitors who were blessed to see 14 live hatchlings! We are grateful for all who helped shoo the birds away, especially Marshall with his kite! (We know it’s the circle of life, but we didn’t want any children traumatized!) Nest #2 was laid Read More

WHEW!  The wind blew us away last night, but will hopefully be better today.  Many nests and runways were under additional sand and most will need attention today. Nest #6 hatched right on Day 56 between 9:00 and 9:40 with about 50 hatchlings seen going to the water.  Congrats to George for sticking with them!!  There Read More

The tide came up pretty high and smoothed out our beach!  No nests were overwashed.   We had 1 new nest and no false crawls.  Nest #80 was laid in a safe location! Nest #2 may have had another hatchling emerge.  It was hard to tell as there were also crab tracks. We are getting ready to Read More

We had 1 false crawl and 1 new nest today!  I see a pattern… Nest #79 was located in a safe location. A good samaritan left us a note stating that 2 more hatchlings emerged from Nest #2 last night at 2:00 am.  We appreciate this information!!!! Sadly, we had a deceased juvenile Kemp’s Ridley found at Read More

Patrol dodged thunder storms this morning!  There was 1 nest and 1 false crawl.   Team 2 had just left Nest #2 last night when the turtles decided to emerge (sneaky turtles)!  Other CBTW members just happened by and saw turtles coming down the runway.  They were able to enlist help from some beach visitors to Read More

Good Morning! We had 1 False Crawl and 1 Nest, both on the East End, possibly the same turtle. Nest # 77 was relocated from the high tide line to a safe location just before the rain band hit us! **This conservation work for protected sea turtles on Caswell Beach is authorized by the NC Wildlife Resources Read More