Nest’s #23 & 24

A 38” false crawl at marker # 58.5.  A 38” crawl on the river just north of the range light gave us nest #23. We relocated 154 eggs to marker #66 next to nest #22. A 43” false crawl at marker # 62.5.  A 36” false crawl at marker # 63.5. The turtle actually dug Read More

Friday corrections

The false crawl in front of the Villas was actually nest #19. People watched her lay then put a circle of seaweed around the nesting site. To the patrol this looked like a childrens’ play area. Fortunately they called us and we went back out and located the eggs. For future reference, it is not Read More

Nest #16

Today we had a 33” false crawl at marker 56.5 and a 40” crawl at marker 65.2 that gave us nest #16. In yesterday’s report, I neglected to mention that we had a stranding of a Kemps Ridley on Monday. It was freshly dead with a hook in its mouth. It measured 12” x 12” Read More