Posts by Caswell Turtle Watch

Nest #21 hatched during the night and nest #22 had a couple more emerge around 9:00 last night.

Last evening was another great night to see hatchlings. At 8:00, 68 hatchlings emerged from nest #19 (56 days) and then at 8:45, a hole appeared in nest #22 (52 days) and 85 hatchlings were in the water by 9:05. Team #5…I hate it for you but nest #17 hatched during the night without you. Read More

Nest #16 had one more hatchling emerge during the night.

Nest #16 had one more hatchling emerge during the night. Inventory results: Nest #15: 139 shell and 4 unhatched Nest #18: 110 shells, 23 unhatched and 5 live Nest #20: 131 shells, 5 unhatched, I pipped and 1 live hatchling

Nest 18 had 3 hatchlings in the runway this morning, all safely to the water. Nest 16 hatched during the night Nest 15 had a couple more hatchlings during the night Inventory for Nest 14: 110 shells, 20 unhatched and 3 live hatchlings

Nests 15, 18 and 20 each had a couple of hatchlings emerge during the night. Nest #13 Inventory results: 122 shells, 6 unhatched, 1 pipped and 1 live hatchling

It was a busy night for hatchlings. Nest #15 hatched about 8:30 with 108 hatchlings straight to the water. One more dead hatchling on top of the nest this morning. Nest #18 boiled around 9:10 with 91 mostly disoriented hatchlings. More tracks this morning and a dead hatchling at a crab hole. Nest #20 hatched Read More

Nest #14 hatched last night with 51 hatchlings around 9:00 and 40 more about 10:30. Nest #13 had more hatchlings emerge. Crab holes in #15 and #18. Everyone needs to do sand maintenance in the runways. Inventory results for Nest #10: 49 shell and 3 unhatched eggs.

No new activity. The sand is blowing hard and the runways were full this morning.

Nest #10 hatched last night around 9:30. Inventory results: Nest #9: 101 shells, 8 unhatched and 2 pipped Nest #12: 128 shells, 4 unhatched, 4 dead hatchlings and 4 live hatchlings