Posts by Caswell Turtle Watch

One false crawl this morning. It is highly likely that it was a green turtle.  She dug 2 different body pits with holes but no eggs were found. Looks like she did a lot of work to not lay but it is typical behavior for a green. We marked it as a nesting site. Nest #10 Read More

No new crawls or nests. More hatchlings overnight at nests #9, #10, #11 and #14. Nest #11 had 1 dead hatchling in the runway and a jogger reported watching 2 more get to the water. Green was delivered to nests up to #21 Last night: Nest #14 had a full boil around 10:22 with 97 Read More

Nothing new this morning but WOW what a night! Last night: Nest #9: 75 hatchlings around 10:00, 1 more at 11:58 and several more during the night.  57 days Nest #10:  37 hatchlings decided to emerge @7:30, 17 more a few at a time during the evening. More during the night.  55 days Nest #11: Read More

No new nest or crawls this morning. Last night :Nest #8 boiled around 9:30 last night with 94 hatchlings.  A few more tracks in the runway this morning.

Nest #96 is west of the lighthouse with 119 eggs moved back away from the tide line.36” crawl 2 false crawls. 31” crawl and a 36” crawl both near Tom Hess Last night activity:Nest #5 hatched around 10:45 with 92 hatchlings (60 days)Nest #6 boiled around 11:00 with 82 hatchlings (58 days) Inventories:Nest #2: 79 Read More

Nest 95!  I’m guessing we are going to break 100 but don’t know if we will beat our 108 record. We have (in the past) has nest through July with a few in August. The year that we had 108 nests the last nest was laid on August 21 Nest 95 was laid under a Read More

Nothing new this morning.   Nest 3 Inventory Results: 92 shells 19 unhatched eggs1 pipped egg with dead hatchling

Nest 93 was laid west of the Point and relocated 121 eggs to east of the lifeguard stand.  38″ Crawl.  Nest 94 was laid just east of Ocean Greens Lane in a safe location.  31″ CrawlThere was also a False Crawl west of the 300 Block Access with a 34″ Crawl.Nest 2 had more hatchlings Read More

Nest 92 was laid in a safe location at the East Point and left there to incubate.  36″ CrawlThere was a False Crawl west of 601 walkway.  30” crawlNo action at any of the nests last night.

 It was a busy night on Caswell Beach!Nest #2 had a partial boil of 47 turtles racing to the sea with 98 very respectful observers.Nest 3 boiled with 83 hatchings at about 12:40. The hole appeared at 10:45. All the hatchlings went straight to the sea.While waiting at Nest #3, Team 1 had the privilege of watching Read More