Posts by Caswell Turtle Watch

 Nest 18 inventory results: 23 unhatched, 10 shells and 1 pipped. This nest lost 66 eggs on 8/6 and 3 eggs on 9/7. Crab holes nearly everyday after the storm.  Crab holes in 25, 44 and 50.  Nest 49 had a big crab hole and a dead hatchling pulled out.

Fox dug under the wire cages at nests 18 and 54.  Nest 18 lost 3 eggs and nest 54 lost 9.   Crab holes in 44 & 47. Nest 50 hatched during the night.  One of the regular morning walkers was watching a hatchling make its way to the water.  Sometimes it takes a village!

Crab holes in 44 & 47. Season so far: 66 nests, 46 false crawls 7 nests still not located after Isaias 23 nests incubating (includes 18, 22, 25, 26 and 30) Inventoried nests: 4 nests produced 0 hatchlings (15, 16, 17 and 24) Estimated eggs to date: 6354 Estimated emerged hatchlings: 2295 Flies on the Read More

Crab holes in 54, 44, 47 and 48. Inventory results for nest 41:  97 shells, 12 unhatched, 2 pipped and 2 dead hatchlings.

Nothing new Inventory results: Nest 42:  75 shells, 40 unhatched, 10 pipped dead and 2 live Nest 43:  62 shells, 38 unhatched, 4 pipped dead, and 3 dead hatchlings. 

Nests 18, 44, 43 and 41 all had crab holes. Inventory results: Nest 31:  5 shells, 110 unhatched and 5 pipped dead Nest 40: 1 shell, 38 unhatched and 7 pipped dead.  This nest started with 93 eggs and the day we found it there were 4-5 shells that we put back in the hole.

Nests 44, 47, 43, 41, 42 and 31 all had crab holes. Inventory results for nest 35:  12 shells, 101 unhatched, 12 pipped dead, 1 pipped live and 1 live hatchling

Nests 41 and 43 hatched during the night with lots of hatchling tracks.  Nest 42 had more tracks and a big crab hole. Nest 54 was located by a fox and 8 eggs were destroyed. Nest 38 at the east end was lost but lots of hatchling tracks to the water and the eggs were Read More

Can you believe it’s going to be SEPTEMBER!  Honestly, if 2020 being over will take the craziness away, I’m ready. Crab holes in 40, 35, and 41.  Crab brought an egg with hatchling to the surface at nest 41.  Nest 42 hatched during the night with lots of tracks, day 50. We have put green Read More

WOW!  What a storm!  It was short and fierce. If you have green out and haven’t been out yet, you might want to take a shovel with you. The greens are full of sand. Nest 35 hatched during the night and apparently 1 little guy later than the rest. It’s track went waaaayyyy down the Read More