Posts by Caswell Turtle Watch

Nest #34 Crawl Width:  87cm/34″

Today’s Mamas started a new neighborhood!   Nest #32 Crawl Width:  97cm/38″ Nest #33 Crawl Width:  81cm/32″

2 Nests and a False Crawl today! False Crawl  Crawl Width:  87cm/34″ Nest #30 Crawl Width: 89cm/35″Nest #31 Crawl Width:  92cm/36″

One False Crawl Crawl Width:  75cm/30.5″ Location:  East of the Tom Hess Access Nest #29 Crawl Width:  89cm/32.5″ 2 crab holes were present upon arrival.  2 empty eggs shells were found.

Mama Turtles gave the Morning Patrol a break with only one nest today.  Of course, we don’t mind multiples! Nest #28 Crawl width:  89cm/35″ Laid in a safe location

It’s Quintuplets! 5 new nests today and 1 false crawl!  27 Nests!!This time last year (2020) we only had 14 nests.  This time in 2019 we had 28 nests. Nest 23 Crawl Width:  89 cm/35″ Laid in safe location in line with vegetation. Nest 24 Crawl Width: 89cm/35″ 123 eggs relocated. Nest 25 Crawl Width:  Read More

Nest #21 was laid in a sloughing dune. Crawl width:94cm/37.5″ Relocated Eggs:  109 The Kemp’s Ridley Nesting Site was a nest! After viewing the videos on computer screens, we checked a different area of the grid this morning and Wanda was able to find the eggs!  Matthew Godfrey from the State gave us permission to relocate the Read More

Looks like we had a Kemp’s Ridley try to nest this afternoon on Caswell Beach at the Tom Hess Access (Ocean Green’s).  Tom and Barbara saw her as she was covering up her digging area.  Teresa got there to see her go back to the water. Then 6 of us tried and tried and dug Read More

 Triple Crown We have 3 more nests today, all in safe locations!  Also, Teresa and Barb worked hard to fill in a very large hole east of the OKI pier.  Nest #18 Crawl width:  85cm/33″Nest #19 Crawl width:  90cm/35″Nest #20 Crawl width:  102cm/40″ We have some Mamas nesting in “Neighborhoods” near other nests!  It will be Read More

Today’s Mama circled around one area and moved up a little bit to actually lay.  2 pretty circle tracks!  Our Pro’s Gary & Susan knew just where to look.  Theresa is getting a lot of great training on the job!  A spacer egg (smaller) was used for DNA.  2 eggs had odd nodules on them.  Read More