Posts by Caswell Turtle Watch

Morning patrol:   Fox invasion at nest 81.  11 shells on the beach plus 1 broken egg still in the nest. Nest 75 had a few hatchling tracks Nest 73 had a small crab hole Last night:  Inventories: Nest 37 – 50 unhatched eggs and 13 spacer eggs still in the nest.  43 shells were Read More

Morning patrol:   Nest 69 had more hatchlings during the night and 1 crab victim on top. Nest 72 hatched during the night  but hard to tell how many Nest 74 had a crab hole Last night:  Nest 69 boiled with 98 around 9:30. Nest 73 had 19 very disoriented hatchlings around 8:45 Inventories: Nest Read More

Morning patrol:   Nest 72 had a little crevice and a couple of crab legs.  I’m just telling what we saw. Nest 63- fox tried to dig in again but deterred by the wire Nest 75 had a few more hatchlings emerge during the night Last night:  Nest 66 hatched with 102 around 11:30. Nest Read More

Morning patrol:   Nest  47 hatched during the night.  Hatchling and crab tracks and 1 dead hatchling in the runway Nest 62 had more hatchling and crab tracks Nest 65 had lots of hatchling tracks Nests 70 had more hatchlings during the night Crab tracks abound in nests 59, 60, 66, 71, 72, 99 Last Read More

Morning patrol:   Nest  99 hatched during the night with lots of tracks Nest 62 had more hatchlings emerge during the night with 1 dead in the runway Nest 65 had a big crabhole and 1 hatchling track Nest 60 had more hatchlings emerge and 1 dead in the runway Nests 64 and 70 have Read More

7 boils in the last 12 hours!  Over 400 hatchlings were counted between 8:30 and midnight!  GO TEAM!! Morning patrol:   Nest 59 hatched sometime during the night with lots of tracks Nest 62 hatch early morning with the last one in the runway.  All straight to the water. Nest 60 had a crab hole Read More

Morning patrol:   Nest 58 had a few more hatchling tracks and 1 dead hatchling Last night:  Nest 58 had 2 hatchlings emerge Nest 65 had 1 hatchling finally appear about midnight Inventories: Nest 46 – 104 shell, 4 unhatched, 2 pipped and 3 live hatchlings (this nest lost 16 eggs to a fox on 8/4) Read More

Morning patrol:   Nest 46 had 1 more hatchling emerge Crab holes in 65, 45 and 57 Last night:  Inventories: Nest 54 –  54 shell, 1 unhatched and 1 pipped Nest 61- 102 shells, 11 unhatched and 11 live

MAN!!! Can you believe all the rain.  If you get a chance to check your nests while its dry today, the wind has blown hard too.  Morning patrol:   2 dead hatchlings in the sand, closest nest is 67 Inventory Nest 51 – 19 shells, 116 unhatched and 4 live hatchlings

Morning patrol:   Nest 46 hatched during the night  Nest 57 hatched and 1 dead hatchling (crab victim) still in the runway Last night:  Inventories: Nest 52 – 104 shells, 12 unhatched, 3 dead and 1 live hatchlings Nest 56 – 121 shells, 2 unhatched, 7 pipped and 9 live hatchlings