Posts by Susan Holbrooks

Nest #42 today is located west of the 300 walkway and had a strange 29+/- crawl. A false crawl near 200 walkway. We will be sitting at nest#1 tonight at 7:30.

2 false crawls and a beautiful sunrise – 35″ west of the light house, 38″ public parking lot, yellow in the eastern sky. Today is the 56th day for nest #1. Gary and I will start sitting tonight around 7:30 and would like for all of the new folks to join us. Please park in Read More

Nest #41 is located at the lighthouse steps and had a 38” crawl.

Another one of those strange false crawls today, 38″ west of the lighthouse. Nest #32 & #38 had crab holes.

Can you believe its July already! Nest #40 is located east of the 200 walkway/west of the Baptist steps and had a 41” crawl. 2 false crawls – 39” east of the lifeguard stand and 35” near Tom Hess walkway. Green was delivered to Nest #1 this morning. The plan is to put the green Read More

2 more nests, 1 false crawl and a really cute frog Nest #38, 37″ crawl, relocated 120 eggs from the east point to west of the lifeguard stand. Nest #39, 41″ crawl, east of the public parking. False crawl, 37″, east of the public parking.

3 false crawls this morning. 31″, 32″ and 39″. One of the crawls is going to be marked as a nesting site. She went by the cabana, dug around, went up the dune and spun around, then back across where she possibly nested. Anyway, it’s 20 ft from yesterdays nest #36 so it will be Read More

2 more nests today! Nest #36 is between public parking and 601 walkway with a 42″ crawl. She decided to co-locate with Nest #23. Nest#37 is west of Tom Hess and the crawl was 34″

2 new nests and a first. Nest #34 is located east of the light and had a 39″ crawl. Nest #35 is located middle of the villas. Her 37″ crawl went right through Nest #8 and she laid her nest right beside #8. Wonder if it’s the same turtle?

2 more nests today. The real nest #32 had a 35 inch crawl. She laid 134 eggs on top of the escarpment and it looked for the world like she fell off coming down. We chose to relocate because it was so close to the edge. Nest #33, 37” crawl, was laid in a footpath Read More