Posts by CWB Turtle Writers

A 36” crawl at marker #60 gave us nest # 17 and a 32” crawl at marker 77.2 gave us nest # 18 that had to have its 91 eggs moved above the HTL.

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

After a rain delay we had a 34” false crawl at marker 53.5 and a 36” crawl that gave us nest #15  with 100 eggs at marker 76.5 that we had to move above the HTL

A crawl of 39” at marker 63.5 resulted in Nest #14.

A 40” crawl gave us nest # 13 just west of Seller St. in Yaupon.

We had a false crawl of 36” at marker 66.1.  She came in before high tide and crawled past the trash cans and way into the dunes before turning around without laying.   Nest #12 also a 36” crawl was laid at marker 66.2.  We can assume this was the same turtle.

A 36” false crawl at marker 60.1; A 35” false crawl at marker 76.5; A 33” false crawl at marker 77.2; and a 41” crawl gave us nest # 11 at marker 65.8.  

We had 3 crawls this morning, A 33” false crawl at marker 57.8 and again at marker73.6. We also had a 40” crawl at 67.2 that gave us nest #10 found by Nancy (her first nest).

We had one false crawl of 32” at marker 66 and got soaking wet. As we left the beach we got a call from Southport that two turtles had laid on the River by The Landing. This is unusual but did happen twice two years ago. We had one nest from a 42” crawl and Read More

Please remember that  the female turtles coming in to nest are easily spooked and will not lay if they are interfered with.  Keep away from the turtle and observe from a distance.  Also keep dogs under control.  Remember to be as quiet as you can. The recent false crawls suggest that the turtle encountered people Read More