Posts by Caswell Turtle Watch

Thursday Night: Nest #50 Inventory Live Hatchlings-1 Dead Hatchlings-0 Pipped Eggs-0 Unhatched Eggs-5 Hatched Egg Shells-120 + a handful of small pieces Nest #43 boiled at 8:40 with 130 hatchlings going to the water within 12 minutes! While greening Nesting Site #1 we noticed a small hole very close to the center of the area.  We called Read More

Wednesday Night: THANKS to the gentleman who alerted us to a very small and  weak hatchling in the surf.  The hatchling was kept for observation overnight and released this morning.  We are hopeful for the best! Nest #44 had 2 more very strong hatchlings emerge at about 9:15 pm.  Sneaky and Speedy crawled swiftly to Read More

Tuesday Night: Nest #37 Inventory Live Hatchlings-3 Dead Hatchlings-0 Pipped Eggs-0 Unhatched Eggs-5 Hatched Egg Shells-101 (with lots of shredded and tiny pieces, also) #37 was a relocated nest from the east point that had standing water in the bottom of the nest. I was excited about the success rate of hatching and asked Matthew why there Read More

Monday Night: Nest #33 Inventory Live Hatchlings-0 Dead Hatchlings-0 Pipped Eggs-0 Unhatched Eggs-11 Hatched Egg Shells-116 While clean up was happening on #33, 2 hatchlings emerged from Nest #37! There were lots of visitors on the beach last night anticipating boils as many nests had dips, craters or holes.  Nest #39 had 8 hatchlings emerge Read More

4 Inventories last night, all with some hatchlings for our visitors to see!  Nest #14 had another Leucistic hatchling!  That makes a total of 4 that were seen. Nest #14 Inventory Live Hatchlings-2 Dead Hatchlings-0 Pipped Eggs-0 Unhatched Eggs-2 Hatched Egg Shells-119 Nest #25 Inventory (small clutch!) Live Hatchlings-2 Dead Hatchlings-0 Pipped Eggs-1 Unhatched Eggs-5 Read More

Last night gave us  a little time to take a deep breath and enjoy the evening! Nest #13 Inventory Live Hatchlings- 2 Dead Hatchlings-0 Pipped Eggs-1 Unhatched Eggs-82 Hatched Egg Shells-57 Nest #23 Inventory Live Hatchlings-1 Dead Hatchlings-0 Pipped Eggs-1 Unhatched eggs-3 Hatched Egg Shells-140 Nest #14 saw 7 hatchlings emerge.  3 were Leucistic (without pigment) Read More

FRIDAY NIGHT: Nest #15 Inventory Live Hatchlings – 6 (2 with left front flippers that needed massage treatment.  It helped a little.) Dead Hatchlings – 2 Pipped Eggs – 0 Unhatched Eggs- 14 Hatched Egg Shells – 93 Nest #32 Inventory Live Hatchlings – 0 Dead Hatchlings – 0 Pipped Eggs -1 Unhatched Eggs – Read More

Thursday Night: Nest #15 had one hatchling emerge as the sun was setting!  He was having trouble with his right front flipper, so we tried a little therapeutic massage.  It seemed to help a little bit. Nest #33 boiled at 9:32 with 106 hatchlings!!!  They were down the runway and into the water within 12 Read More

I HARDLY KNOW WHERE TO BEGIN! Last night we had activity at 8 nests before 11:00pm!  New Moon gravity pull?  Stars aligned?  Whew! Nest #13 had 39 hatchlings at 8:20. Nest #29 had 3 hatchlings at 8:29. Nest #34 had one more hatchling at 9:07.  This one did a pole dance for a while before Read More

OH, WHAT A NIGHT! We had 4 nests hatching all at about the same time.  My phone was dinging like crazy!  NEST #17 INVENTORY Live Hatchlings – 0 Dead Hatchlings – 0 Pipped Eggs – 1 Unhatched Eggs – 70 (All but 3 were tinted light orange or had black mold.  We left the 3 Read More