Saturday, July 25

Nest #58 had a 32” crawl.

Nest #5 had 22 more hatchlings emerge over the evening last night and there were a few more tracks in the runway this morning.

Nest #3 had a crab hole and hatchling in the runway that was pulled out by the crab.  We saw him safely to the water.

Tuesday, July 21

Nest #55 had a 36” crawl.

Holden Beach is still the only nest to hatch so far.  I texted with Matthew this morning asking about the earlier nests and his response was that everything is delayed due to the cold snap in May/June.  SC and GA are also delayed.  Our nest 1 is at 66 days now.

Saturday, July 18

Nest 51 has 100 eggs and had a 38” crawl

2 of the longest crawls today.  38” and 32” winding all over in front of the public parking area and then west of 401 walkway.

Lastly, one of the biggest holes I’ve ever personally seen on the beach relatively close to the dune between 200 walkway and the lifeguard stand.  It was at least 6 ft deep and wide.  Someone actually sent us a message last night to let us know it was there and to be careful this morning.

Thursday, July 16

Team 3 had excitement last night while sitting at nest #2.  A turtle came in on the beach but didn’t go real far up before turning around and heading back out.  We called it a false crawl for today even though the tracks were erased by the tide.

Morning patrol had 2 more false crawls and 1 nest.  26” false crawl just east of Mercer and a 31” false crawl on the east end.  Nest #48 has 134 eggs and a 35” crawl.

Not so exciting news, nest # 9 was dug into by a fox and we lost about 6 eggs.