We had our first emergence at Nest #3 last night!
CBTW Team 10 braved the thunderstorms, rain and bugs well into the evening. It is estimated that about 64 hatchlings emerged. We will continue to monitor the nest, and ask that ANY activity when a CWB Turtle Team member is not present be reported to the Caswell Beach Turtle Watch at 910-368-6323.
Both false crawls were at the East Point and both with the same crawl width. Interestingly enough, there were a lot of deer prints around. Maybe they scared her off?
Morning Patrol found a deceased juvenile Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle on Ft. Caswell’s beach. It was moderately decomposed, so it had been in the water a while. Data was collected to be sent to the State and it was buried. More and more juvenile Kemp’s are being seen in the waters off of our coast.
**This conservation work for protected sea turtles on Caswell Beach is authorized by the NC Wildlife Resources Commission (ES Permit 23ST03).