Recap of 2015 Season
127 Crawls
66 Nests
19 NESTS MOVED DUE TO LOCATION – 29%
2280 eggs relocated yielded 1789 live hatchlings – 78% hatch rate
5242 EMPTY EGG SHELLS COUNTED
1273 UNHATCHED OR PIPPED EGGS
199 DEAD HATCHLINGS OUT OF SHELLS
5043 LIVE HATCHLINGS
77% OVERALL HATCH RATE
99 AVERAGE EGGS PER NEST
35” Average Crawl Width
55 Average Days of Incubation
3,294 VOLUNTEER HOURS (51 volunteers)
16,001 VOLUNTEER MILES
1 very successful Turtle Season.
Thank you to all our visitors and turtle enthusiast who cheer us along.
September 18, 2015
Last night we got a pleasant surprise when #47 was excavated. There were 116 shells and 10 unhatched eggs. Obviously the nest hatched during those storms and the tracks were washed out.
#24 had 116 unhatched eggs.
#27 had 76 unhatched eggs and 6 shells. These six didn’t necessarily emerge as there had been a lot of crab activity on this nest. The unhatched eggs were obviously very close to hatching but the nest was washed over 10 times at the wrong stage of development.
September 16, 2015
Two inventories last night:
#62 had 75 shells, 46 unhatched and 2 live hatchlings
#63 had 88 shells and 6 unhatched eggs.
The only viable nest left is #64 which is at 49 days now.
September 15, 2015
Nest #62 had several turtle tracks in the runway this morning.
2 inventories tonight, #63 @ 6:30 and #62 @ 7:00
September 14, 2015
Nest 59 was inventoried last night: 55 shells, no live, no dead, NO UNHATCHED, 3 spacers. Small but perfect!!! 100% hatch rate, great ending for Team #3!!!
September 13, 2015
Two nests hatched around 7:30 last night.
#62 had 59 turtles emerge at 55 days
#63 had 86 turtles emerge at 54 days.
#61 was inventoried with 96 shells, 4 unhatched and 1 live hatchling
The only nest left to hatch is #64 which is at 46 days right now.
September 12, 2015
3 inventories last evening.
Nest #55 had 86 shells and 4 unhatched. Nest #58 had 122 shells and 10 unhatched. Nest #22 was confirmed a dead nest due to tidal inundation and count was not possible.
September 11, 2015
Nest #59 boiled about 7:45 yesterday with 53 hatchlings making it safely to the ocean. Inventory Sunday @ 6:30.
Nest #60 was inventoried last evening resulting in 96 shells, 29 unhatched eggs and 1 very vigorous hatchling.
The water has washed the green and wind has filled our runways and with sand. Every nest needs attention.
September 10, 2015
Nest #61 hatched last night with 85 turtles.
Nest #58 hatched on Tuesday night with approx 40 turtles seen by visitors
Nest #57 was inventoried with 82 shells, 11 unhatched or pipped and 2 live hatchlings.
Nest #60 will be inventoried tonight at 7:00pm
There were large crab holes in #60 and #61.
September 9, 2015
Nest #55 hatched at 11:15 last night with several visitors watching over 100 hatchlings go into the water. Inventory will be Friday at 6:30 pm.
Nest #56 was inventoried with 110 shells and 7 unhatched eggs.
Nest #52 was inventoried with a disappointing 94 unhatched eggs and 2 shells. Not sure if these were from hatchlings or crab activity.
September 8, 2015
Nest #60 hatched last evening just before 8:00. It had been checked several times with no activity but a tourist saw them coming out and alerted team #1 just down the beach. We didn’t get there soon enough to count but got to make sure they all made it to the water….and they thought they could sneak out there without us….
Nest #57 had another turtle in the runway this morning that we watched safely to the water.
Nest #56 will be inventoried @ 6:30 and Nest #52 @ 6:45. Both of these nest had crab invasion and with the amount of rain can’t be certain there was a boil but we believe they have both hatched, 3 days ago for #56 and 5 days for #52.
September 7, 2015
Nest #57 hatched during the night. There were still hatchlings in the runway. 4 were dead due to crabs and 1 was released into the water
Nest #54 was inventoried last evening resulting in 116 egg shell, 2 unhatched and 5 live hatchlings.
September 6, 2015
Nest #53 was inventoried last night with 114 shells, 6 unhatched, 1 dead and 27 live hatchlings.
Nest #56 appeared to have hatched during the night. The tracks were very hard to see after the rain but there were turtle tracks mixed in with the crab tracks. There was a large pile of sand on top of the nest which suggested crab activity. No hatchlings near the surface. It will be inventoried on Tuesday at 6:30 pm.
We are being asked about the nests that are long past their due date. #22, 24, 27 and 32 are considered non-viable but we have to wait 90 days before they can be excavated. Unfortunately #47 looks like it will be joining that category soon.
September 4, 2015
Nest #53 hatched around 7:00 yesterday and Team 3 was lucky enough to be there and watch 80 hatchlings make it to the water. Linda Lange put a nice video on Facebook.
Nest #54 hatched yesterday evening too, just after the rain. Team 1 wasn’t as fortunate but I’m sending a picture of what they saw.
Nest #52 had an empty egg on top and a crab hole.
September 3, 2015
Nest #53 had maybe 4 hatchlings emerge last night. Lots of crab tracks in the runway.
Nest #51 will be inventoried tonight at 6:30 pm.
September 1, 2015
Nest #51 looks like it hatched during the night even though tracks were not visible due to rain.
Two inventories last night: nest #48 – 96 shells & 6 unhatched eggs, nest #49 – 61 shells, 3 unhatched & 1 pipped
August 31, 2015
Can you believe it’s the last day of August!
Nest #48 had lots of tracks in the runway. Nest #51 had a dimple. Of course 27 & 32 were over washed. Nests #54 & 61 have big gullies in front of them.
#48 & #49 will be inventoried tonight at 6:45 & 7:00
August 29, 2015
Nest #49 boiled last night around 8:45 with 61 turtles making into the ocean.
Nest #48 had a couple more tracks.
Nests #27 & #32 both were over washed. Green was washed around at a few nests so remember that the moon will be bigger and the tide will be higher when you leave your nests tonight.
August 28, 2015
Nest #48 had another hatchling during the night. It actually had its first hatchling Wednesday night about 10:30 followed by another an hour later, all witnessed by a tourist who had been sitting the nest with the team.
Nest #27 was over washed again.
3 inventories last night
#42 – 85 shells, 19 unhatched, 1 pipped, 1 dead
#44 – 112 shells, 1 unhatched
#46 – 92 shells, 28 unhatched, 1 live
August 27, 2015
#48 has a very slight dimple.
Crab holes in several nests and #42 had a crab with a dead turtle at the top of the nest.
Four Inventories last night:
#39 – 115 shells, 5 unhatched eggs
#41 – 118 shells, 16 unhatched
#43 – 66 shells, 2 unhatched, 1 live hatchling
#50 – 73 shells, 27 unhatched, 2 dead and 8 live hatchlings
August 25, 2015
Nests #42 , #44 and #46 all hatched during the night.
Nest #48 had 3 hatchlings on top, apparently objects of a crab invasion. 2 were dead and the other released into the water.
Nest #32 had a large crab hole.
Nest #52 has a crack.
We will be inventorying nest #46 tonight @7:00
August 24, 2015
Nest #39 hatched @ 9:15 with 115 hatchlings and a new tracks this morning
Nest #41 hatched around 9:00 with 92 hatchlings and had a couple new tracks
Nest #43 hatched during the night leaving lots of tracks
Nest #50 hatched around the same time as #39 and the team arrived to see the last few enter the water.
Nest #45 which had a couple turtles come out Thursday and a couple more Saturday morning, had 72 turtles come out last night and a couple more tracks this morning.
Inventories over the weekend:
Nest 40: 94 shells, 7 unhatched, 29 live,
Nest 37: 109 shells, 17 unhatched, 4 dead, 7 live
Nest 36: 98 shells, 7 unhatched, 7 live
August 22, 2015
Nest #50 had a big crevice this morning. Nest #45 had 2 more turtles in the runway that visitors got to watch swim into the wild blue yonder.
Two inventories last night:
#34 had 92 shells, 61 unhatched, 3 live and 1 pipped dead
#38 had 109 shells, 10 live, 14 unhatched and 2 pipped dead
Nest #40 will be inventoried tonight at 6:30 and nest #37 at 7:00
August 21, 2015
Nest #36 hatched during the night and a man watched 1 more hatchling get into the water this morning.
Nest #45 had one turtle come out during the night after having a huge hole yesterday evening…just 47 days.
Nests #34, #37 and #38 all had at least one new turtle track this morning.
A man on the beach reported watching one to the water from nest #34 and morning patrol saw one from #37.
Nests #35 was inventoried yesterday. 2 unhatched eggs, 4 pipped dead, 2 dead and 14 live hatchlings.
August 20, 2015
Nest #37 hatched with 63 turtles
Nest #40 hatched during the night and there were more crab tracks than turtle tracks unfortunately.
#38 had several more turtles come out with 2 dead hatchlings in the runway.
#33 was inventoried with 71 shells, 39 unhatched eggs and 5 live hatchlings.
August 19, 2015
Two nests hatched last night – #34 with 72 turtles at 52 days and #38 with 82 turtles at only 48 days.
August 18, 2015
Nests #37 & #38 both have indentions. Nests #50 had a crack outlining the hole.
Nests #35 hatched last night around 8:15 with 91 hatchlings and 2 more tracks were in the runway this morning. Inventory will be Thursday at 7:00.
Nests #33 hatched Sunday night between 10:30 and 1:00. Inventory will be Wednesday at 7:00.
Nests #31 was inventoried last evening and produced 115 egg shells, 0 unhatched…..100% hatch rate. YAY!!!
August 17, 2015
Nest #33 has a small dimple.
Nest #35 had one turtle emerge at 9:00 after being watched by 50-75 onlookers for about 3 hours. Another turtle made its way to the water this morning.
Nest #38 has a large crevice.
August 15, 2015
Nest #31 hatched with 110 hatchlings. Perfect timing for a boil with Becky Felton helping to watch the nest dedicated to her husband Bert Felton. It hatched at 52 days.
Nest #35 has a crevice. It was a very exciting evening for Liz Heidl. She
is a 7 year old from Ohio who adopted nest #35 and last night was their last night here. Through Facebook I was able to tell her parents that it had some movement and she came to sit and watch her nest until bedtime. I so wish that she could have seen it boil, but we will keep her updated with pictures.
Nest #29 had one live hatchling this morning that we watched go into the water.
August 14, 2015
Nothing to report
August 13, 2015
Nest #29 hatched last night around 11:30 am at 51 days.
Inventory of #25 produced 8 shells, 92 unhatched and pipped eggs and 5 dead. A disappointing result but this nest had been washed over several times.
Inventory of #30 producing 111 shells, 20 unhatched, 5 dead and 3 live turtles.
August 12, 2015
The Gator was fixed yesterday and broke down again this morning. Thanks to the golf course we managed to patrol and deliver supplies.
There were two inventories last night:
Nest #23 114 unhatched eggs, 29 shells
Nest #28 30 unhatched eggs, 108 shells, 3 dead hatchlings and 14 live hatchlings.
The tides are not coming up as high right now and some of the runways need to be extended.
August 11, 2015
I made a mistake in yesterday’s report. Along with all the other reported activity, Nest #30 hatched at just 48 days.
Today, the gator refused to cooperate so the Caswell Beach police officer took us out. Nests #23, #28 and #30 each had a few more hatchlings emerge.
Nest #26 was inventoried yesterday evening resulting in 95 shell, 20 unhatched eggs and 1 very vigorous hatchling.
Nests #23 and #28 will be inventoried this evening At 6:45 and 7:00.
Green was delivered to nests #31 and #32.
August 10, 2015
Nest #23 had 2 more hatchlings emerge.
Nest #25 had at least 2 hatchlings come out
Nest #28 had an egg on top this morning and several crab holes
August 9, 2015
Nest #23 hatched overnight at 51 days
Nest #28 also hatched overnight at only 48 days.
Nest #26 and #40 had very large, deep crab holes.
August 8, 2015
We had a surprise this morning. Nest #65, an undetected nest hatched at marker 66. We counted 109 shells, 2 unhatched eggs and 1 dead hatchling.
Nest #26 hatched last night around 9:30 at only 48 days. 86 hatchlings made it safely to the water with about 30 onlookers.
Nest #21 was inventoried last night resulting in 58 shells and 2 unhatched eggs. Incidentally it also had 10 spacer eggs. It was the same turtle that laid nest #9 which was a small but deep nest and when the DNA comes in for it, I bet she laid nest #49 too.
August 7, 2015
Nothing to report
August 6, 2015
No new activity.
Nest #20 was inventoried with 121 shells, 6 unhatched, 1 dead and 2 live hatchlings.
August 5, 2015
No new activity.
Nest 21 apparently hatched last night. A number was written in the sand but wasn’t legible enough to report.
The tide was really high and looked like any nest that was not in the dunes got some over wash. The weather has sure been rough on our beach and turtles.
August 4, 2015
Weather did not allow the usual morning patrol, so we have checked the next nests coming up. This morning they were fine and no obvious activity.
Claudia went back out this afternoon at high tide and nests 22 and 24 both were covered. Neither nest has shown signs of activity so we are still watching.
August 3, 2015
No new activity this morning.
Nest #28 has a crack and bit of a crevice but is only at 43 days. Nest #27 was over washed again.
Nest #20 hatched last night with 98 hatchlings.
Nest #18 was inventoried last night. 114 shells, 22 live hatchlings, 4 unhatched eggs, 14 pipped and 4 dead.
OKI turtle team, patrolling this morning, met us at the pier and we compared notes. They have had lots of over washes too. They said they were about a third of the way through their nests with hatching and that they are having more bad eggs left in the nest this year. They’ve had emergence at 50 days too.
August 2, 2015
Two nests were inventoried last night –
#15 had 78 shells, 41 pipped and unhatched eggs and 11 live hatchlings
#16 had 92 shells, 32 unhatched eggs, 2 dead and 7 live hatchlings. This nest had been washed over by the tide several times so this was a good outcome.
August 1, 2015
Nest #12 was inventoried with 107 shells and 5 unhatched eggs.
July 31, 2015
Nest #18 actually boiled last night. The turtle we saw yesterday morning was probably pulled up by a ghost crab. There were 76 hatchlings.
Three inventories were done last night:
Nest #11 – 125 shells, 43 unhatched, 2 dead and 6 live hatchlings.
Nest #14 – 106 shells, 2 unhatched, 1 dead and 6 live hatchlings
Nest #17 – 90 shells, 5 unhatched and 6 live hatchlings
The extreme high tide last night washed over 4 nests.
July 30, 2015
Three nests hatched last night:
#16 with 74 hatchlings
#15 hatched late at night and 4 more hatchlings emerged at 6:00 am.
#18 apparently hatched overnight.
The tide did not wash over any nests last night but the following nests were excavated because of the amount of water they had over them:
#6 – 84 unhatched eggs
#7 – 124 unhatched
#8 – 134 unhatched
#19 – 132 unhatched
We believe most of these nests were already compromised from the last inundation about a month ago.
July 29, 2015
Nest #64!!!! Located at marker 66 with a 32 inch crawl
2 false crawls today, 33″ @ marker 68 and 35″ @ marker 73.9 Nests #11 & #17 each had 2 more hatchlings emerge during the night Nests #15, #16 & #18 all still have crevices…..maybe tonight.
Nest 12 hatched around 9:00 last night with 103 hatchlings making it safely to the water.
Now for the bad news. Many of you came to the villas yesterday evening and saw that we had an extremely high tide. Nests #8, #9 and #13 were all victim of a tide pool. We excavated. #9 produced 45 unhatched eggs, 2 shells and 8 live. #13 had 51 unhatched eggs, 25 pipped dead, 18 eggs shells and 18 live hatchlings. Most of the unhatched eggs from both nests were dark in color which was probably caused by our last series of high tides. Nest #8 was too deep in the water. Nests #6, #7 & #8 have all been lost to the high tides. We can expect the same or higher tides for the next 5 days.
July 28, 2015
One 43”false crawl this morning at the west end of the villas.
Nest #15, #16 and #18 all have holes. More turtles tonight.
Green was delivered to nests #19, #20 and #21.
Lots of activity at the nests last night.
Nest #11 hatched around 9:00. 103 hatchlings made their way to the water with about 120-150 people watching.
Nest #17 had 2 hatchlings come out about 8:00 then a full boil about an hour later. A huge crowd very quietly watch a total of 104 hatchlings march their way into the water.
Nest #14 hatched sometime during the night without us.
Inventories will be Thursday.
July 27, 2015
Nothing to report
July 26, 2015
Nothing to report
July 25, 2015
No new activity today
Nest #10 was inventoried last night. Inventory results were: 78 shells, 45 unhatched eggs, 6 live and 1 dead hatchling.
July 24, 2015
No new activity except for large crab holes in #7 and #10.
July 23, 2015
No new activity.
Nest #10 has 30 hatchlings emerge in groups of 8 or 9 last night.
Nest #2 was inventoried yesterday with 107 shells and 4 unhatched eggs.
Green was delivered to Nest #14 making green at all nests up to #15. Because we have had hatchlings early in a couple of nest (#5 @50 days & #10 @52 days) we have decided to put the green out on the 50th day.
July 22, 2015
No new activity overnight but 3 inventories last evening:
#1 – 92 shells, 8 unhatched eggs
#3 – 105 shells, 10 unhatched eggs, 1 dead and 25 live hatchlings
#4 – 127 shells, 24 unhatched eggs and 3 live hatchlings
We are now monitoring 6 nests that are at 50 days or more
July 21, 2015
No new nests today. Nest #7 and #10 had huge crab holes again this morning. Nest #4 had a couple more hatchlings overnight.
Green was delivered to Nests #11 & #12.
July 20, 2015
Nest #63 is near marker 73.9 with a 34″ crawl.
Nest #1 had a couple more hatchling emerge Nest #2 hatched during the night Nest #3 has a crevice in the middle
Nest #5 was inventoried last evening resulting in 101 hatchlings, 3 dead, 11 unhatched eggs and about 150 observers.
July 19, 2015
We had Nest #61 from a 36” crawl at Marker 57.2 and Nest #62 from a 32” crawl at marker 59 (Lighthouse). Also a 39” false crawl at Marker 56
Lots of activity last night:
Nest #1 hatched with 93 turtles plus a couple that came out overnight.
Nest #2 hatched overnight with only a couple of tracks
Nest #3 had 2 turtles come out
Nest #4 had 15 plus 102 and possibly more overnight.
Nest #5 had an additional 54 hatchlings emerge. This nest will be inventoried tonight at 7:00 pm.
July 18, 2015
Nest #60 is located near marker 55. She had a 37″ crawl
No hatchling activity.
July 17, 2015
One 32” False Crawl at Marker 72
Nest #5 had two hatchlings emerge last night around 9:00 pm. This was at only 50 days. Nothing else happened overnight.
July 16, 2015
Nest #57 with a 34” crawl at Marker 74.5
Nest #58 with a 34” crawl at Marker 79
Nest #59 with a 33” crawl west of McGlamery Street
One 34” false crawl at Marker 73.3
A good morning but that high tide washed over 15 nests again. The three mommas today made sure they were above that tide line.
July 15, 2015
Nest #56 with a 37” crawl at Marker 68
False crawl of 37” at Marker 61.5
Three very short 35” false crawls around the Villas. She seemed to have encountered cabana poles twice.
We had an abnormally high tide last night which washed over 16 nests, 5 of which had been relocated back from the high tide line. An overwash doesn’t affect the eggs as long as the water doesn’t sit in the nest for long.
July 14, 2015
2 more nests today!
Nest #54 near marker 58 and we measured her crawl at 43”. Nest #55 is near marker 67.9 with a 42” crawl.
We had a false crawl near marker 67.5 that had a 39” crawl.
Nest #1 is on day 55. It won’t be long now.
July 13, 2015
Nest #52 is @ marker 73.4. We relocated 97 eggs and her crawl was 36″
Nest #53 is at marker 79.9 just east of McGlamery. She had a 35″ crawl and had to dodge a cabana. She came in on one side of it and back out on the other.
One false crawl near the volleyball net.
July 12, 2015
One 32” false crawl at Marker 62.1. She crawled far up in the dunes but just turned around and left.
Nest #46 had a ghost crab bring an egg to the surface. There has been a lot of crab activity lately.
July 11, 2015
Nothing to report
July 10, 2015
Nest #51 with a 32” crawl at Marker 67
July 9,2015
Nothing to report
July 8, 2015
One 35” false crawl across from the Lighthouse. She started to dig a hole but the sand is like cement there so she must have decided not to stay.
July 7, 2015
Nest #50 is at marker 58. We relocated 100 eggs. Her crawl was 38″.
One 37″ false crawl down in the baptist territory.
July 6, 2015
No new activity
July 5, 2015
Nothing to report
July 4, 2015
Yes, it felt like there should have been fireworks this morning! 5 nests and 4 false crawls!
Nests:
#45 @marker 55, 38” crawl, relocated 134 eggs
#46 @marker 55.2, 43” crawl, relocated 121 eggs
#47 @marker 74.9, 37” crawl
#48 @marker 75.1, 36” crawl
#49 @marker 75.4, 34” crawl, relocated 64 eggs (nest had an additional 19 spacer eggs)
False Crawls:
@marker 51, 36” crawl
@marker 52, 32” crawl
@marker 53, 34” crawl
@marker 79.2, 35” crawl
July 3, 2015
We had five false crawls and 3 nests this morning.
Two 31” false crawls at the Baptists
Nest #42 with a 31” crawl at Marker 59 (Lighthouse)
Nest #43 with a 32” crawl at Marker 66
Nest #44 with a 32” crawl at Marker 67.7 (East end of Parking Lot)
32” false crawl at Marker 38.3 (Parking Lot)
32” false crawl at Marker 75
32” false crawl at Sellers Street
We also had a very small stranded Green or Kemps Ridley turtle at Sellers Street. There was no obvious cause of death.
July 2, 2015
nothing to report
July 1, 2015
2 more nests today! Both nests were relocated. Nest #37 is at Marker 55.5, had a 38″ crawl and 126 eggs. Nest #38 is at marker 63.4, 37″ crawl and has 125 eggs.
June 28, 2015
Nest #36 is located in front of the villas near 78.9. She had a 32 inch crawl.
June 27, 2015
We had Nest #35 from a 31” crawl at Marker 76.2. Before it was washed away by the tide we relocated 125 eggs to Marker 76.3.
There was a false crawl of 31” in front of the Villas – hopefully she was the one who laid the nest.
June 27, 2015
We had nest #34 from a 41” crawl at Marker 64.1
Two 34” false crawls at Marker 60 and 69
Disturbing incidents today were at Nest #3 where someone had put a large piece of firewood in the center of the nest. The people renting the nearby house had been made to move their cabana as it was within a couple of feet of the nest and was shading it. Also the wire at Nest #31 had been crushed, apparently by someone falling on it.
June 26, 2015
Just one 33” false crawl at marker #62. There are already four nests at this location – maybe she thought it was too crowded.
June 25, 2015
Nest #32 with a 36” crawl at Marker 61.2
Nest #33 with a 35” crawl was laid in the dunes and 110 eggs were relocated at Marker 66.
June 24, 2015
2 false crawls today. 32″ at marker 60 and 35″ at 63.9
June 23, 2015
Nest #31 is located at the west end of the villas near marker 79.3. She had a 39 inch crawl and dodged several tents along the way.
June 22, 2015
Nest #30 was relocated from the river to the Baptist steps. 132 eggs. 36″ crawl.
Five false crawls today. 34″ and 40″ by the river, 36″ near the public parking lot and a 34″ and 38″ near maker 74.
June 21, 2015
We had Nest #28 from a 33” crawl at Marker 53. 138 eggs were relocated to Marker 55.
Nest 29 from a 35” crawl at marker #66.
There were 3 false crawls of 33” in the Baptists area and 1 35” false crawl at Marker 54
June 20, 2015
We were driven off the beach early by lightening.
We had nest #26 from a 33” crawl laid high in the dunes at Marker 61.9. 117 eggs were moved to Marker 62.
Nest #27 with a 36” crawl was also laid at Marker 62. Nests 3 and 4 are already at Marker 62.
We had a false crawl of 32” at Marker 55.7.
June 19, 2015
Two more nest today and three false crawls. Nest #24 @ marker 68.4 with a 37” crawl. Nest #25 @marker 68.1 had a 38” crawl.
The false crawls were, marker @57.8 with a 38” crawl, @marker 63 with a 36” crawl and @marker66.1 with a 37” crawl.
June 18, 2015
We had nest #23 this morning laid at the river with a 36” crawl. We moved 143 eggs to Marker 55.3 at the Baptist’s steps.
June 17, 2015
2 false crawls today, 32 inch West of Sellers St and 37 inch West of Mercer.
June 16, 2015
No activity
June 15, 2015
Nothing to report
June 14, 2015
We had a 33” false crawl at Marker 66. This looked like a good nest with but an hour of digging failed to find eggs – very disappointing.
June 13, 2015
Nest #22 had a 37 inch crawl and we moved 132 eggs to marker 68.
We also had a 30 inch false crawl near marker 55.
June 12, 2015
Nothing to report.
June 11, 2015
Nothing to report
June 10, 2015
3 more nests today.
#19 35″ crawl at marker 61.8
#20 39″ crawl at marker 72 – a very deep nest
#21 36″ crawl at marker 74.2
2 False Crawls
33″ at marker 59.8
32″ West of Mercer St
The turtle that laid nest #20 took the scenic route back to the ocean. If there was a record, it would have to be close to the longest crawl.
June 9, 2015
Crawls, crawls everywhere but only one nest today.
Nest #18 was laid at the end of the island at the baptist camp. She had a 40″ crawl and we relocated 133 eggs to marker 56.1.
5 False crawls:
41″ near marker 64.2
34″ near marker 64.3
37″ near marker 67.4
37″ near marker 68
37″ west of McGlamery.
June 8, 2015
2 false crawls near the baptist pier. Turtles never come in out there but these 2 did and looked all over for the perfect spot. One 35″ crawl and one 38″ crawl.
Nest #15 is located near marker 79. 35″ crawl. We moved 120 eggs out of the dunes.
Nest #16 had a 34″crawl and we relocated 125 eggs to marker 57.1.
Nest #17 is located east of Trott St. and had a 41″ crawl.
June 7, 2015
We had nest #14 from a 36” crawl close to the dunes at Marker 60.8
Also a 38” false crawl at Marker 55. She had crawled high up in the dune and checked out a couple of places but didn’t lay and had a very long crawl back to the water.
June 3, 2015
Nest #13 today.
38 inch crawl at marker 79.2 in front of the villas.
June 2, 2015
2 Nest and 1 False Crawl today.
Nest #11 had a 42 inch crawl and is located at marker 61.9
Nest #12 had a 36 inch crawl and is located at marker 57.2
The false crawl was 35 inches and was near marker 63
June 1, 2015
Nothing to report.
May 31, 2015
Nothing to report.
May 30, 2015
No activity today.
May 29, 2015
Nest #10 was found at end of the island at the Baptist camp. She had a 42 inch crawl and 124 eggs were relocated to marker 58.
May 28, 2015
4 Nests this morning!
#6 at Marker 67.5 with a 38” crawl
#7 at Marker 75.5 with a 36” crawl
#8 at Marker 77.2 (east of Villas) with a 36” crawl
#9 west of McGlamery St. with a 33” crawl. The top eggs in the nest were a full arms length down.
May 27, 2015
Nest #5.
She had a 35″ crawl and we relocated 116 eggs to above the high tide line at marker 69.8. We had an audience of kids and adults.
May 25, 2015
2 Nests today!
Both nests are located at marker 62. Nest #3 had a 36 inch crawl and nest #4 had a 35 in crawl. Their paths did cross and they both had to dodge a deep hole in the sand.
Happy Memorial Day!
May 24, 2015
We had nest #2 at marker 65 (600 walkway) with a 30” crawl. She had crawled a long way and laid close to the dunes.
We also had a 30” false crawl at the Baptists and a 32” false crawl in front of the Villas.
May 23, 2015
We had a 39 inch false crawl at the McGlamery entrance this morning but no nests.
May 20, 2015
We have our first nest!
Nest #1 is located at marker 63.9 and the crawl measured 36”.
May 19, 2015
Our first turtle activity!
We had 3 false crawls this morning. There was one 38 inch crawl and two 32 inch crawls. Still no nest but at least we know they found us.
More news as we have it.
May 1, 2015
Today is the start of the turtle season. We patrolled this morning but don’t expect to see any activity for a while.