Category: 2018 Season

No new nests. Nest 1 had a big crab hole. Nest 3 had 1 hatchling make its way to the water early in the evening yesterday and several track in the runway this morning.

No new nests. A few more turtles from nest 3 last night. Big crab hole in nest 1.

Nest #37 is west of the lighthouse and had a 37” crawl.

Nest #1 had 9 hatchlings emerge last evening, strong and ready for the big swim.
Nest #3 (52 days) had 8 hatchlings emerge, 7 strong ones and 1 not so great. There was a dead hatchling in the runway this morning. Ants are an issue at nest 3.

2 32” false crawls west of the villas and 1 nest relocated from the villas to east of Tom Hess walkway. The nest, Nest #35, crawl was 39” and has 126 eggs.

A dozen or more hatchlings emerged from nest #2 again last night.

3 crawls this morning, 2 false crawls and 1 marked as a nesting site. All measure 36-37”. The nesting site is between nests 3 & 4.

Nest #2 had 56 hatchlings emerge around 9:15 last night and several more during the night.

A 36” false crawl just west of McGlamery.

Nest #2 hatched during the night, 52 days. There were a couple of hatchlings in the runway this morning.

Nest #34 today. We must have the turtles trained now. She had a 31” crawl and laid her nest east of the Baptist walkover.

Nest #32 is located east of the 200 walkway. She had a 36” crawl and figured she would just go along with the crowd.

Nest #33 was laid at the east point and just barely missed being overwashed. We relocated 119 eggs to center of the public parking. Her crawl was 34”.

Nest #1 is at 57 days but showing no signs.
Nest #2 is at 49 days, has a crack and green.
Nest #3 and #4 are at 45 days and green will be delivered tomorrow.

Nest #31 is located east of Tom Hess walkway and has 114 eggs from a 40” crawl. 2 more false crawls this morning, 39” and 34”.

1 40” false crawl this morning.