Posts by Caswell Turtle Watch

2 more nests today! Nest #34 and #35 are both east of the 500 walkway.  #34 had a 41” crawl and #35 was a 35” crawl. I took another look at our history.  In the years that we had 60-70 nests, on this day we had 25 or so nests.  10 more nests than our Read More

Nest #33 had a 35” crawl and 126 eggs were moved back from the tide line near 629 walkway. A 33” false crawl in the 500 block

Friday there were 2 new nests and 1 false crawl Nest #31 had a 35” crawl and is behind nest #17 high in the dune Nest #32 had a 36” crawl and is west of the 300 walkway The false crawl was east of the 629 walkway

Thursday we had nest #30.  It was a 36” crawl and located in the 500 block.

Nest #29 today is west of 429 walkway and her crawl was 36”.

Nest #28 was laid at the tide line on the east point.  We relocated 118 eggs to east of the 100 walkway.  Her crawl was 38”. We also had a false crawl between the tower and pier at the baptist assembly.

Nothing Sunday but 2 nests and 1 false crawl today. Nest #26 is near the 400 walkway and had a 32” crawl.   Nest #27 west of 600 walkway with a 34” crawl.  She walked forever on the beach.  False crawl was 34” crawl near nest #27. The Mewhorter family was on the beach early Read More

Three new nests today #23 was laid at the point and 126 eggs were moved to east of the Baptist walkover. She had a 35″ crawl. # 24  was a 32″ crawl laid across from the big white house high across from the beach.  She crawled in circles before laying then crawled parallel to the Read More

2 false crawls and nest #22 today.  False crawls were close to 629 walkway and public parking.  Nest #22 is east of the golf course and had a 33” crawl.  Interesting crawl this morning. Could it be indecision? Or just picking the perfect spot?

3 false crawls this morning, 2 on the point and 1 near the lighthouse.  Dutchman was released!  I put some before and after pictures on Facebook. It truly is amazing how different he looks. Did anyone go?  We didn’t get to but I got pictures from the release photos.