Posts by Caswell Turtle Watch

2 new nests and 1 false crawl today!  Theresa was really excited to find the eggs this morning!  Yay, Theresa! Nest #77 Crawl Width:  34″Nest #78 Crawl Width:  33″ There have been a few negative posts on Facebook recently made by the unofficial Turtle group.  We as Caswell Beach Turtle Watch are working hard to Read More

Nest #76 was marked this morning before the rains hit!  We seem to be on a roll with onenest days here lately. Nest #76 Crawl Width:  68cm/27″  (She was a small one!) A few nests were able to get greened before or after the storms last night and this morning.  Thanks for being careful out Read More

One new nest and no false crawls today.There are a lot of greenings happening this week and the weather may or may not be favorable.  Please use caution! Nest #75 Crawl Width:  98cm/38.5″

2 new nests today and a message in a bottle (we haven’t opened it, yet)!Nest #73 Crawl Width:  36″Nest #74 Crawl Width:  39.5″

One new nest today.  She climbed way up on top of a dune.  This is an area that has lost a lot of beach and the tide comes all the way to the dunes even when it’s not a full/new moon.  Very smart Mama, but greening will be a challenge! Nest #72 Crawl Width:  90cm/35.5 ” Read More

2 new nests and 3 false crawls today! Nest #70 Crawl Width:  99cm/39″ Nest #71 Crawl Width:  79cm/31″

One new nest today.  Mama hid them really well! Nest #69 Crawl Width:  100cm/42″ Patrol delivered Green to Nests 1-8 today as it looks like they will all need to be collared this weekend.  Look for emails from your team leaders for times.  More Green will be delivered tomorrow to some of the next nests Read More

A beautiful sunrise, one new nest  with a really long crawl and a deceased Dolphin today.  UNC-W is coming to examine the Dolphin. Nest #68 Crawl Width:  90.8cm/35″

Whew!  What a morning! 2 nests and 2 false crawls (both crawl widths were the same as Nest 67). Sadly and hour after Morning Patrol we got a call about a deceased juvenile Loggerhead at Fort Caswell’s beach.  We filled out the report for the State and buried it in the dune.   Nest #66 Crawl Width:  44″ 140 Read More

Joy and Kathleen’s luck ran out today, 2 False Crawls.  They were interesting ones, though!