Posts by Caswell Turtle Watch

The evening on the beach was nerve wrecking. The tide came all the way to the dune at Tom Hess walkway. The 4 nests there were covered. Green was washing away. Nests 33 and 36 inventories were scheduled for the evening but nest 34 was done a day early because the water was a couple Read More

Nest #32 hatched during the night and 1 hatchling in the runway this morning

Nest #34 hatched with 92 hatchlings making their way to the water around 9:53. Nest #33 had a few more during the night. Team #8 inventoried nest #29 this morning. Results: 36 unhatched eggs and 18 shells.

Nest #33 had 8 hatchlings make their way around 8:00 last night then a bunch more during the night. Nest #36 had about 70 hatchlings around 10:15 that were very misguided by the lighthouse.

Nest #29 has had 1st emergence. The track went down the runway and back to the nest but no hatchling around.

No turtle activity for Monday nor Tuesday. Nest #28 inventory results: 88 shells, 11 unhatched and 20 live hatchlings

No news this morning. Nest #30 Inventory results: 122 shells, 8 unhatched, 1 pipped and 11 live hatchlings

Nest #30 had one more hatchling or so during the night.

Nest #28 had another hatchling or so during the night. Nest #30 had 97 hatchling race to the water around 10:00.

Nest #28 had 1 more around 8:30 and another during the night.