We had babies last night with many excited and helpful beach visitors!
Nest #5 had 90 hatchlings emerge at a slow pace, many crawling/falling back into the nest and some turning around as they made it part way down the runway. There wasn’t a major offending light until they would have reached the end of the runway. Team 3 did a great job at redirecting! 2 hatchlings came out of the water. Their tracks were traced up to the dune 50+ yards from the runway. Turtle Ambassadors Carson and Carson, Jr. helped locate those! New members Bobbi & Ken were over the moon!
Nest #7 boiled at 9:15 with 104 hatchlings going straight to the water within 30 minutes. Visitors were very cooperative with turning off phones and lights and no hatchlings were disoriented.
Nest #11 had one more hatchling emerge at 9:45.
Nest #10 also had more hatchling tracks overnight.
There were no new nests or false crawls this morning, but there were several pesky crabs!
**This conservation work for protected sea turtles on Caswell Beach is authorized by the NC Wildlife Resources Commission (ES Permit 22ST03).
