Posts by Caswell Turtle Watch

Well nest #63 today was safely placed way high in the dune near the Baptist walk over.  Her crawl was 34” and Jamie was lucky to have seen the crawl since she was dodging rain and storms on her walk. There was a false crawl yesterday too right on the east side of the steps Read More

We are still trying to verify nests.  Right now we have 30 nests left.  There are 17 nests that we haven’t located or are gone and I believe there’s some of each category.  Nest 15 is being greened tonight and nest 16 is still missing.  17 is located but not due green until next week.  Read More

First, is everyone okay?  If you need help, we can help each other.  Just reach out to team mates, team leaders or us and we can help or find help.  It would be nice to know that everyone is okay…maybe team leaders do a buddy check on your team and let us know. What was Read More

No new crawls or nests. We had lots of activity during the night.  Visitors watched 33 hatchlings to the water at nest 14.  Nests 9, 11, 12 and 14 all had hatchlings emerge during the night.  Nest 13 hatched this morning with 93 hatchlings.  Because of the storm with high tide and rain, we excavated Read More

No new crawls or nests. Nest 11 had 1 hatchling emerge Nest 8 had a few tracks Nest 12 had 3 more in the evening Nest 10 had 5 in the evening and a big crab hole this morning Nest 8 inventory results: 70 shells, 20 unhatched eggs, 39 that didn’t fit any of the Read More

No new nests or crawls.Nests 8, 10 and 12 all had a few hatchlings emerge.  Hopefully more will make their way before the storm.Inventory results: Nest 6- 113 shells, 4 unhatched, 2 pipped, 3 dead and 2 live hatchlings

2 more nests today! Nest 61 had a 33” crawl.  Nest 62 was laid and 87 eggs were moved back to the dune.  37” crawl The winds are blowing, the tide is rising and the moon is full.  Not a good combination for our nests. Inventory results: Nest 1- 103 shells, 10 unhatched, 1 pipped Read More

No new nests or crawls. Nest 6 hatched around 1:15 with 107 hatchlings Inventory results: Nest 4: 101 shells, 9 unhatched eggs, 1 dead hatchling and 4 live hatchlings Nest 7: 126 shells, 9 unhatched eggs and 22 live hatchling

No new nests or crawls. Nests 1,2,3,4 and 7 all had a turtle/s emerge during the night.  2 dead hatchlings at nest 3. We are greened up to nest 12.

Nest #60!  She was just finishing up when morning patrol got there.  The nest was laid and 104 eggs were relocated to a safer location.  Her crawl was 33” The BIGGEST news of the day is that nests 1 and 2 both hatched.  Nest 1 was during the night.  Nest 2 had 67 hatchlings between Read More