It was a “twofer” day!
Nest #6 was relocated from the escarpment on the east point to west of the Baptist walkover. 92 eggs and and 35” crawl
Nest #7 is between the villas and McGlamery. She had a 38”crawl and the eggs were barely covered.
Category: 2019 Season
2019 Season Posts
Thursday, May 23
Nest #5 is located east of the 400 walkway and had a 37” crawl.
We had a 35” false crawl in the 700 block this morning too.
Sunday, May 19
Nest #4 is east of the 400 walkway. She had a 30” crawl and we relocated 115 eggs to higher ground. Don’t know if you’ve been on the beach this week but the tide has been really high but should have peaked now.
Saturday, May 18
Nest #3 is west of the 400 walkway and a 34” crawl safely placed her eggs in the dune.
Friday, May 17
Nest number 2 today. 31” crawl out on the Baptist cliff side. We relocated 109 eggs to the Baptist steps.
Tuesday, May 14
We have our first nest!!!
Nest number one has 104 eggs, located east of the golf course and had a 38” crawl.
IT’S HERE
Morning patrol started today. Of course there wasn’t anything except a beautiful morning on the beach. I will not send emails until I have something to send. In case you didn’t know, South Carolina already has 1 Kemp’s Ridley nest and 2 loggerhead nests so it shouldn’t be long.
2019 Season Beginning Soon
The 2019 Turtle Season is almost here! Beginning May 1st, the Turtle Watch Morning Patrol will search Caswell Beach for any tracks left by a mother turtle who might be laying eggs. If a nest is discovered, it will be marked and assigned a sequential number, starting with 1.
With the beach re-nourishment project behind us, we look forward to a “normal” turtle season.