August 15, 2023 – A Late Nesting Year?

We had another False Crawl today.  We hope she will come back. Our Mama’s are definitely nesting later this season!

Interesting fact: 
In 2020 we had a nest on August 22, 2020.  It hatched on October 29th with 92% successfully hatched!  We can’t wait to see how this season ends!


Nest #20 had 4-5 more hatchling tracks this morning.
Nest #33 had 1 more hatchling track this morning.

Nest #19 Inventory (1-2 slight overwash from tide)
Hatched Egg Shells – 55
Unhatched Eggs – 24
Pipped – 0
Live – 1
Dead -0

Nest #27 Inventory
Hatched Egg Shells – 110
Unhatched Eggs – 7
Pipped – 2
Live – 2
Dead – 0 

Nest #19 Inventory

Nest #27 Inventory

**This conservation work for protected sea turtles on Caswell Beach is authorized by the NC Wildlife Resources Commission (ES Permit 23ST03).

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