Posts by Caswell Turtle Watch

Nothing to report this morning….which is a good thing today. Inventory schedule: Nest #41 – Wednesday @ 6:30 Nest #42 – Wednesday @ 7:00

Nest #41 hatched around 9:45 but took until 10:30 to get them all in the water. The light house was just more than they could resist. Nest #42 hatched during the night. Nest #50 has an indentation. Inventory results for nest #39: 130 shells and 3 unhatched Inventory schedule: Nest #41 – Wednesday @ Nest Read More

Crab hole at nest #42 Inventory schedule: Nest #39 – Sunday @ 6:30

Morning findings Visitors on the beach said they saw one hatchling in #39 runway Thursday night/Friday morning and 4 or 5 hatchlings outside the runway. There is a nesting site close to nest #39 but with the rain covering the tracks there’s no way to tell if they came around the green or somewhere else. Read More

Morning findings Nothing to report Evening events We had a call a little after 11:00 that nest #39 was boiling. Inventory results for nest #40: 106 shells, 3 unhatched, 1 pipped and 1 live hatchling Inventory schedule: Nest #35 – Friday @ 7:00 Nest #36 – Friday @ 6:00 Nest #39 – Sunday @

Mystery about nest #36 solved. I got an email last night. A family that has been visiting our beach for decades and were actually taught the art of turtle watching by Milt and Jane Reece were the ones who saw #36 boil around 12:30 a.m. The number of hatchlings they counted was 65 and underlined Read More

Morning findings Nest #42 has a small crack on day 48. Evening events Inventory results for nest #37: 109 shells, 1 unhatched and 1 dead hatchling Nest #35 hatched last night with 92 hatchlings. They started surfacing around 8 and finished at 9:30. 10-15 were disoriented because of all the lights at the villas. Nest Read More

Morning: 1 more hatchling from nest #38 this morning. A visitor had run away a ghost crab and watched the hatchling to the water. He was amazed by how fast something so small could travel. A child’s bear harness was left by nest #31 inventory. It will be at nest #41 this evening. Evening: Gary Read More

Nest #38 hatched last night about 11:15 with 101 hatchlings. They had a really long walk but a really good group to cheer them on. Inventory schedule: Nest #34 – Monday @ 6:30 Nest #31 – Monday @ 7:00 Nest #37 – Tuesday @ 6:00 Nest #38 – Wednesday @ 7:00

Morning patrol: Nest #31 had one more hatchling emerge. Nest #38 has a crevice Evening events: Nest #38 had a crevice all day Nest #37 hatched with 110 hatchlings around 8:30. Inventory results for nest #32: 84 shells, 49 unhatched, 1 pipped and 1 live Inventory schedule: Nest #34 – Monday @ 6:30 Nest #31 Read More