Posts by Caswell Turtle Watch

This morning’s pictures.  The fishing line was in the thrown sand on today’s nest!  So glad Mama didn’t get tangled in it!  Or maybe she brought it in with her and it came off in the process? AWESOME INVENTORY NEWS: Nest #12 (Last Night) Live Hatchlings-7 Dead Hatchlings-0 Pipped Eggs-2 Unhatched Eggs-6 Egg Shells-119 Nest Read More

Yay for Nest #2 on Day 63!  It hatched last night with 72 hatchlings making it to the water!  No additional tracks were noticed this morning. Nest #12 had 9 more hatchlings last night and even more overnight! Nest #10 had a few more hatchlings overnight. Nest #6 has a slight dip in the center Read More

1 False Crawl and no new nests.A few more hatchlings came out of Nest #12.   No other emergences that we could tell.  Nests #1, #9, #70 had crab holes. Nest #10 had a BIG crab down in the center.  Got him out on the way down the beach.  Came back by and he was back in!  Read More

Nest #3 WINS THE GOLD in a full sweep!  The other Nests evidently dropped out of last night’s competition!  They had a large empty crater last night with no evidence of action, so they covered it up and went home.  Sometime during the night the crater reappeared and hatchlings emerged.  No idea how many because of Read More

3 more nests hatched last night after the morning emergence of Nest #9 yesterday!Nest #1 hatched at about 10:00 with 60 hatchlings counted.  8 were very disoriented due to a bright street light behind the nest.  A few volunteers stood behind to try and block the light.  After several attempts at redirecting them, they were Read More

WOW, Oh, WOW! Congratulations to Team 8 on the First Emergence!! We got a call at about 10;00 am that Nest #9 had a big hole.  It indeed had a large hole.  It appeared that hatchlings probably came out during the first hard rain this morning after Morning Patrol.  Martha, Marianne and I talked with Read More

Well, it’s been an exciting 24 hours!Nest #1 developed a divot in the center of the nest yesterday afternoon.  It was impressive by the time 6:30 pm rolled around.  LOTS of visitors stopped by to ask questions and sit for a while.  Between 11:30pm – 12:30 am we called “TIME” and went home.  Morning Patrol Read More

No new nests today and no hatchlings emerged, either.  Come on, babies!  Hoping the Full Moon tonight will get us some action! Nest #58 and #70 were splashed over again from the King TIde. The tide should start receding on this cycle today.  Nest #52 and #70 had crab holes and another Nest had lots Read More

We have one new nest today and another hole!  This hole looked like it was ready for a coffin to be lowered.   Nest #81 Crawl Width:  92cm/36″ It is a Full Moon for the next few nights AND a King Tide!  High Tide tonight is at 7:49 pm. The morning high tides are not as Read More

One new nest this morning and one HUGE hole.  We knocked on the door of the house behind the hole.  We kindly let them know that holes that big can be a danger to people walking on the beach at night and our Mama Sea Turtles.  They assured us they would fill it in today.  Read More