Monday, June 28

One new nest today.  Tom and Barbara politely request that Joy, Kathleen and Wanda share some of their nesting activities, LOL!

 
I received a call at 10:30 last night about this nesting Mama.  The out of town visitors were the only ones to see her and kept a very long, respected distance.  She nested in the dune between 2 of the Christmas Trees that had been added for sand collection.  She was either very, very smart or very, very lucky!

Sunday, June 27

Wow!  The Morning Patrol had to call for reinforcements today!  They had 3 false crawls, 1 Nesting Site and 4 new nests bringing us to 50 for sure and one more maybe.  Thanks to the Morning Patrol for working extra hard! One mama walked through a wedding pergola, over a stack of wood and nested on the other side.  The eggs were relocated because the nest was right next to the pergola post.

  • Nest #47 Crawl Width:  87cm/34″
  • Nest #48 Crawl Width: 90.4cm/37″
  • Nest #49 Crawl Width: 80.5cm/33-1/4″
  • Nest #50 Crawl Width: 89cm/35″
  • Nesting Site Crawl Width: 86cm/34″

Crabs got into Nest #29 AGAIN!  Kathleen actually saw the eggs at the end of the crab tunnel.  They covered it again.

Friday, June 25

3 new nests today!

Nest #44 Crawl Width:  91 cm/36″ 136 Eggs Relocated
Nest #45 Crawl Width:  89 cm/35″
Nest #46 Crawl Width: 94 cm/37″ 113 Eggs Relocated


We are sad to report that yesterday’s little Kemp’s rescue did not survive it’s injuries 😢  Thanks to Glenn and Wanda for transporting and giving it a chance!

Thursday, June 24

We had one nest today.  The Mama zig-zagged a bit before she settled on her spot.  She picked a good one!  Nest #43 Crawl Width:  87 cm/34″

We had several nests overwashed a bit from the King Tide last evening.  We’ve been told that a little overwash is OK. 

  • Overwashed:
  • Nest #2
  • Nest #15
  • Nest #20 (More than just a splash)
  • Nest #26Nest #33

Tuesday, June22

Oh, What a Night and a Day!

We got a call about a Mama laying last night around 9:00. Went down to flag the nest and found another Mama laying! 2 at the same time less than a block apart. We kept our distance and let them do their thing. Several very respectful visitors were excited to witness the beauty of nature!
Morning Patrol found the eggs and marked the nests and had 2 others in addition!
***This morning we got a call about a turtle on the beach. By the time Teresa got there, Mama KEMP’S was going back into the water. Teresa was able scan for tags (non found). Of course, I missed it again! The nest was HARD to find, just like the first Kemp’s. A sweet family was there to capture pictures and video.

Nest #36 (Teresa and I saw this one) 81.2 cm/32″ Crawl Width:  81.2 cm/32″
Nest #37 Crawl Width:  93.9 cm/37″ 126 Eggs Relocated (the bottom of the nest had standing water)
Nest #38 (I saw this one after a visitor called Crawl Width:  99 cm/39″ 
Nest #39 Crawl Width:  91.4 cm/36″
Nest #40 (Kemp’s laid around 9-9:30 this morning) Crawl Width: (Can’t remember, it’s written in the buggy book!) 64 eggs relocated to the dune.

Visitors sent us some of the pictures: