Posts by Caswell Turtle Watch

Nothing new today. Nest 4 inventory results: 51 shells, 9 unhatched and 5 live hatchlings.

No new nest. Nest #4 had another hatchling during the night. Next #3 inventory results: 127 shells, 13 unhatched eggs, 10 pipped eggs, 19 dead hatchlings and 23 live hatchlings. This was a large nest, it suffered from ant invasion and pouring rain. Results are better than expected.

No new nests today. Nest 3 had one hatchling emerge around 8:15 last evening. Nest 4 had one more hatchling emerge during the night.

Nest #38- 37” crawl, 60 eggs relocated from west of golf course to west of public parking. Nest #4 hatched during the night. Nest #1 inventory results: 110 pink unhatched eggs, 1 open egg (crab invasion) with semi-developed hatchling, 9 shells. This nest was over washed several times during the first week.

No new nests. Nest 1 had a big crab hole. Nest 3 had 1 hatchling make its way to the water early in the evening yesterday and several track in the runway this morning.

No new nests. A few more turtles from nest 3 last night. Big crab hole in nest 1.

Nest #37 is west of the lighthouse and had a 37” crawl. Nest #1 had 9 hatchlings emerge last evening, strong and ready for the big swim. Nest #3 (52 days) had 8 hatchlings emerge, 7 strong ones and 1 not so great. There was a dead hatchling in the runway this morning. Ants are Read More

2 32” false crawls west of the villas and 1 nest relocated from the villas to east of Tom Hess walkway. The nest, Nest #35, crawl was 39” and has 126 eggs. A dozen or more hatchlings emerged from nest #2 again last night.

3 crawls this morning, 2 false crawls and 1 marked as a nesting site. All measure 36-37”. The nesting site is between nests 3 & 4. Nest #2 had 56 hatchlings emerge around 9:15 last night and several more during the night.

A 36” false crawl just west of McGlamery. Nest #2 hatched during the night, 52 days. There were a couple of hatchlings in the runway this morning.