Posts by Caswell Turtle Watch

Crazy night last night!  Here’s what we know happened before midnight:While riding her bike, a Turtle Ambassador found a hatchling IN THE ROAD yesterday (we are still learning more details to this story). She took it to the Lighthouse access to release it while another visitor looked on.  Our best guess is that the hatchling may Read More

No new crawls or nests today. Nest #28 Boiled with 111 hatchlings last night at 10:50 pm.Nest #21 Looks like it had a good boil overnight Nest #20 had a few hatchlings tracks and one baby just under the surface when we covered up the hole.  Called in team 3 to stay with it a Read More

The last gold Medal of the Caswell Beach Turtle Olympics goes to Nest #18! Nest # 18 boiled at 7:30 pm last night! 91 turtles emerged. 15 slightly confused. Nest sponsors Dee and Michael Strickland were present. ( They will be sending us a video and I will share it when received.) The last Silver Read More

No new crawls or nests today. Nest #13 had small crab holes. Nest #35 had a nice low crevice with a small hole, but no hatchling tracks. Nest #24 had a crab hole and possibly a few hatchling tracks leading to the high tide line. The BIG news is Nest #6 finally had some hatchlings!  Read More

No new nests today or obvious big emergences. We have a new Turtle Ambassador who saved a hatchling from the clutches of a ghost crab at Nest #20!  We didn’t get his name, but we did get his picture. There may have been a few more hatchlings, hard to tell.Nest #17 had a small crab Read More

Whew!  It’s been a long day already! Just when we wondered if we would have any more nests…Nest #86 Crawl Width:  112cm/42″ The nest was laid way up in the dune! After a few days of speculation, Team 8 got word at about midnight last night that Nest #24 hatched.  The visitor found one hatchling Read More

Turtle Ambassadors We have a new label for our helping visitors!  Turtle Ambassadors and Junior Turtle Ambassadors. I will look into having some stickers made. Last night 2 visiting families earned these titles! The Kos family and The Kirkpatrick family.  They stayed with Nest #11 while turtles were emerging in the pouring rain.  They saw 51 Read More

Team 1 Inventoried Nest #2 last night.  They had a nice group of families attending! Nest #2 Inventory Live Hatchlings-0 Dead Hatchlings-0 Pipped Eggs-0 Unhatched Eggs-37 (most were pink which indicates some water coverage) Egg Shells-82 Now we know there were 119 eggs in this nest! Nest #5 Inventory Live Hatchlings-0 Dead Hatchling-0 Pipped Eggs-0 Read More

BIG NEWS The Kemp’s Nest #22 HATCHED early this morning between 5-6.  Our running friend Jennifer  was able to help 50 to the water as they were scattering all over the wet sand.  Then a little while after Tom and Barbara had cleaned up the runway, more decided to come on out!  15 more to Read More

Nest 10 Inventory (Friday Night) Live Hatchlings-10 Dead Hatchlings-2 Pipped Eggs-2 Unhatched Eggs-15 Egg Shells-107 After greening Nest #22, Team 6 celebrated the 14th birthday of their youngest team member, Ty with Turtle Cupcakes made by his Mom! Many of us at the Nests last night left by 9:30 for the rain/lightning.  Did any nests Read More