Posts by Caswell Turtle Watch

Nothing new. Nest #10 had a crab hole again. Nest #12 had more hatchlings emerge during the night with one dead hatchling in the runway this morning. Inventory results: Nest #5: 130 unhatched eggs Nest#11: 4 unhatched eggs, 118 shells

Nothing new this morning. 2 big crab holes in nest 10.

Nest #40! She laid her nest east of the Baptist walkover and had a 33” crawl. There was a 33” false crawl near the lighthouse too. Nest #9 had 88 hatchlings around 9:00 last night. Nest #12 had several hatchlings in the runway yesterday afternoon around 4. They came out 1 by 1 until finally Read More

Nest #11 hatched last night with 116 hatchlings making their way. Inventory results for nest #8: 105 shells, 12 unhatched, 2 pipped and 16 live hatchlings.

Nothing new out there. Inventory results for nest #7: 79 shells, 75 unhatched and 17 live hatchlings. If you haven’t been down Caswell Beach Road, the water is DEEP in several places

Nest #7 has 32 more hatchlings emerge last night. Nest #8 hatched yesterday evening around 8:30 (53rd day). The family that adopted got to be there to count and watch them swim away.

No new nest. Green was delivered to nests 8 & 9; today is the 52nd day. Nest #6 inventory results: 126 shells, 4 unhatched, 4 pipped and 1 live hatchling.

Nest #7 had one hatchling emerge last night.

3 false crawls around the east point this morning and nest #39 is just east of the lighthouse. It had a 32” crawl.

No new nest. Nest 6 hatched during the night. 7 hatchlings still on top this morning.