Category: 2019 Season

 Oh what a morning!  2 new nests, 1 nesting site and 4 false crawls

Both nests were relocated from the east point.  #38 has 111 eggs and was placed east of lifeguard stand, 30” crawl.  #39 has 105 eggs, placed west of the lifeguard stand, 35” crawl.

False crawls were:

30” not too far from where 38 was laid

39” in 400 block

37” in 500 block and bumped into a cabana

38” East of Joe O’Brian

NS1 -nesting site had a 38” crawl.  She dug a hole without eggs then kept going into the escarpment in the east end

Seriously now!  2 more nests today.

Nest #36 is east of the public parking with a 33” crawl and #37 is between McGlamery and the Villas with a 31” crawl.

2 more nests today!

Nest #34 and #35 are both east of the 500 walkway.  #34 had a 41” crawl and #35 was a 35” crawl.

I took another look at our history.  In the years that we had 60-70 nests, on this day we had 25 or so nests.  10 more nests than our biggest years…wonder what that means. 

Nest #33 had a 35” crawl and 126 eggs were moved back from the tide line near 629 walkway.

A 33” false crawl in the 500 block

Friday there were 2 new nests and 1 false crawl

Nest #31 had a 35” crawl and is behind nest #17 high in the dune

Nest #32 had a 36” crawl and is west of the 300 walkway

The false crawl was east of the 629 walkway

Thursday we had nest #30.  It was a 36” crawl and located in the 500 block.

Nest #29 today is west of 429 walkway and her crawl was 36”.

Nest #28 was laid at the tide line on the east point.  We relocated 118 eggs to east of the 100 walkway.  Her crawl was 38”.

We also had a false crawl between the tower and pier at the baptist assembly.

Nothing Sunday but 2 nests and 1 false crawl today.

Nest #26 is near the 400 walkway and had a 32” crawl.  

Nest #27 west of 600 walkway with a 34” crawl.  She walked forever on the beach. 

False crawl was 34” crawl near nest #27.

The Mewhorter family was on the beach early this morning looking for tracks.  Hannah and Ella have been protecting turtles and adopting nests this week of vacation for years.  They started off filling in holes on the beach Saturday evening when they got here and were so excited to be at the nest when the eggs were located this morning.  Thank you Hannah and Ella.

Three new nests today

#23 was laid at the point and 126 eggs were moved to east of the Baptist walkover. She had a 35″ crawl.

# 24  was a 32″ crawl laid across from the big white house high across from the beach.  She crawled in circles before laying then crawled parallel to the water for about 70 feet before going into the ocean.

#25 was a 36″ crawl across from Caswell Dunes.  She laid her eggs deep