As Caswell Beach Sea Turtle season moves later into the fall, our Turtle Watch teams sit by patiently as we monitor our remaining nests that now take longer to hatch, in accordance with the necessary NCWRC sea turtle regulations.
Last night, CBTW excavated Nest #58 on Oct. 9, which required we sit to the 75th day of incubation. We were grateful to find 90 hatched shells. Five were unhatched and we had one live hatchling. This hatchling was found to be very weak, dark in color and somewhat malformed but made it to the ocean.
Nest #62 hatched Oct. 7th around 7:00 pm. It was the 64th day and our team was never so glad to see baby sea turtles. We counted 56 hatchlings that went straight to the water. The nest team later completed the Inventory which resulted in 62 hatched shells, 35 unhatched, 3 pipped and 4 live hatchlings.
**This conservation work for protected sea turtles on Caswell Beach is authorized by the NC Wildlife Resources Commission (ES Permit 24ST03).
Want to help? Please consider donating to our efforts to protect sea turtles at Caswell Beach Turtle Watch Donations.
Nest 58
Nest 62
