Posts by Caswell Turtle Watch

Nothing happening out there yet.  We will continue morning patrol for the next week or so, probably on foot.  We are trying to plan a gathering for end of season. Gary wants a cookout…you know him and his hotdogs!  LOL!  Probably end of September, first of October.  I didn’t realize until today that I had Read More

I hope that everyone is okay.  It feels like we, as an island in the path of a major hurricane, faired really well.  Doesn’t look like much structural damage just limbs. Morning Patrol: We have lost a couple of nests. Nest 94 is gone, washed away.  There was a couple of eggs and the cage Read More

Morning all.  Hope you are all secure.  We have removed all of the green and tools from the beach and will probably make one last sweep later today. Nest 82 and 90 hatched and were inventoried.   82 had 104 eggs, 7 unhatched and 1 live hatchling.  90 had 115 shells, 11 unhatched, 2 pipped Read More

Nest 79 was dug into by a fox again.  It dug at the sides and was able to dig into the top through the cage.  It may be coincidental but we got a phone call that there were hatchlings in the street near the pier.  We put 3 more in the water. Yesterday, collected a Read More

It’s hard to describe how high the tide came up.  We have excavated every nest that had had any emergence.  We have removed green from the nests that water was running through.  We have moved some green back to the dune.  Please use caution if and when you go out to sit.  There really was Read More

Morning patrol:   Nests with hatchlings: 63(1or2), 76(3-4), 78(couple), 83(1) Nest with crabs: 81, 77, 88 Last night:   Nest 71 inventory – 114 shells, 13 unhatched, 3 pipped, 2 dead and 1 live hatchling

Morning patrol:   Fox prints all around nests 63 and 79, tried to dig in again at 63. Hatchling tracks in 81, 76, and 63 Crabs in 79, 81, 84, 78 and 88 Nest 78 hatched during the night with lots of tracks Last night:   Nest 72 – 107 shell, 11 unhatched and 1 live Read More

Morning patrol:   The tides are coming in.  Nests 84 and 94 are in danger of overwash.  Nesting site 2 was overwashed last night Nests 71, 72, 74, 76 and  77 had more hatchlings during the night Last night:   Nest 63 had an indent @7:45, boiled @8:33 with 79 hatchlings.  Team on the way home Read More

Morning patrol:   Nest 71 boiled overnight Nests 73 & 74 both had more hatchling tracks and crab holes. Nest 74 had 1 dead hatchling (crab) Nest 88 had small crab hole Last night:  Inventories: Nest 69 – 100 shells, 4 unhatched

Morning patrol:   Fox dug into nest 97- 2 shells on top Nest 74 hatched with lots of tracks Nest 73 lots of tracks in the runway Last night:  The bugs were vicious!  Please don’t stay out there when it’s like that.  Just secure your nests and let them do it. Inventories: Nest 66 – Read More