Posts by Caswell Turtle Watch

Saturday Night: Nest #79 Inventory Live Hatchlings-1 Dead Hatchlings-0 Pipped Eggs-0 Unhatched Eggs-12 Hatched Egg Shells-109 Sunday Morning: No activity on beach this morning except 2 shells dug out of nest 76. This conservation work for protected sea turtles on Caswell Beach is authorized by the NC Wildlife Resources Commission (ES Permit 21ST03)

Friday night was quiet and buggy.  No action at the remaining nests. Saturday Morning: NEST #82 had a crab hole Nest #81 Inventory Live Hatchlings-1 Dead Hatchling-1 Pipped Eggs+0Unhatched Eggs-6 Hatched Egg Shells-117 This one was overwashed at least a couple of times and they had to take about 4″ of sand off each time. Read More

Thursday Night: Nest #71 Inventory Live Hatchlings-0 Dead Hatchlings-0 Pipped Eggs-0 Unhatched Eggs-20 Hatched Egg Shells-94 Team 8 would like to thank their family, friends, Ambassadors and especially the Junior Ambassadors for helping to make it a wonderful season! Nest #79 had 3 more hatchlings emerge around 8:00pm. Friday Morning: Nest #74 Inventory Live Hatchlings-0 Read More

Wednesday Night: We have a sad inventory to report.  Nest #76 was heavily over washed in the storm tides last week.  They saw 1 hatchling emerge on Saturday night.  Sadly, that was the only living hatchling.  Our team did everything they could to protect the nest and tried to remove the added sand that was Read More

Tuesday Night: Team 8 was alerted to a hatchling found in a tidal pool.  Poor little guy must have been washed back in from a morning inventory.  He was placed in a bucket to rest and released near the water on a quiet area of the beach. Thanks to the visitors who found the little Read More

Monday Night:  Thankful for a brighter moon! Nest #46 Inventory was very sad.  We hope they were unfertilized eggs!  They were all light orange-bright pink.Unhatched Eggs-113 (all) Nest #78 Inventory Live Hatchlings-6 Dead Hatchlings-0 Pipped Eggs-1 Unhatched Eggs-13 Hatched Egg Shells-84 Tuesday Morning: Nest #75 Inventory Live Hatchlings-4 Dead Hatchlings-0 Pipped Eggs-2 Unhatched Eggs-11 Hatched Read More

Sunday Night (Beautiful, cool evening!): Nest #67 Inventory Live Hatchlings-0 Dead Hatchlings-0 Pipped Eggs-0 Unhatched Eggs-2 Hatched Egg Shells-104 Nest #69 Inventory Live Hatchlings-1 Dead Hatchlings-0 Pipped Eggs-0 Unhatched Eggs-4 Hatched Egg Shells-124 Nest #73 Inventory Live Hatchlings-0 Dead Hatchlings-0 Pipped Eggs-1 Unhatched Eggs-17 Hatched Egg Shells-102 Monday Morning: Nest #71 hatched overnight with LOTS Read More

Saturday Night: It was dark and buggy last night for most teams sitting.  Nest #76 had one hatchling emerge at about 9:00 pm, giving Team 4 some hope for the rest of the nest! Sunday Morning: The Buggy (Turtlemobile) decided to give Joy and Kathleen problems this morning as they arrived near the Golf Course beach.  Read More

Friday Night: Nest #72 Inventory (way up on the dune) Live Hatchlings-0 Dead Hatchlings-0 Pipped Eggs-0 Unhatched Eggs-4 Hatched Egg Shells-91 The sunset was beautiful, but the bugs were active. Saturday Morning: Nest #75 hatched overnight with lots of tracks.  The tide was fairly high, but the turtles went west after they exited the runway.  A good Read More

Thursday Night: Nest #69 had a hole at 7:15.  It boiled at 7:30 and with 118 hatchlings walking straight into the ocean by 7:45!  Team 2 is thrilled to have finally experienced a textbook boil!  They had a very nice and respectful crowd to witness the event!Many greens were repaired and sand removed from runways and Read More