Posts by Caswell Turtle Watch

Nest #2 today,  34” crawl. We located the eggs just before the downpour set in.   

WE HAVE NEST #1!!!!36” crawl and laid safely next to the dunes.

Still no more activity.  Oak Island, Holden and Ocean Isle all have nests so it will be any day now. 

Our season is underway.  We had 2 false crawls this morning.  First was a 37” at the east point and then a 33” crawl over on the river in Southport.  Maybe tomorrow will be the day for a nest!

No turtle news but we did get our ATV for morning patrol delivered today.

NC has it’s first nest!  Ft Fisher State Recreation Area had a nest today.  I was hoping that we would be first this year but maybe we will be next. 

May 1, the first day of the rest of 2020 turtle season It was a cold but beautiful morning.  We will be patrolling every morning but I will only update the blog when there is something to report.

I hope this message finds everyone safe, well and hunkered in.  This could be an interesting year for turtle watching and social distancing.  We will begin morning patrols on Friday, May 1st.  Georgia had their first loggerhead nest yesterday so as history has it, NC should be seeing a crawl in the next couple of Read More

Crawls o 105 Nest o 78 False Crawls Nests o 44 Relocated nests– 41.9% (NC 22.4%)  27 nests relocated from east end  17 nests relocated above tide line o 8 Wild nests o 53 In Situ nests o 3 nesting sites  (1 probable green turtle) o Averaged 113 eggs per nest, ranged Read More

Rather than a new topic each day, here are the happenings combined into this one “Winding Down” topic. Sunday, September 8 – Nothing to report Monday, September 9 – Nothing to report Tuesday, September 10 – Nothing to report Wednesday, September 11 – No activity on Caswell Beach, but OKI had 2 hatchlings emerge yesterday Read More