Posts by Caswell Turtle Watch

No new nests. Nest #21 hatched during the night. Runway pictured. Nest #2 was excavated this morning. 109 unhatched eggs (pictures attached and yes they look pink). Broke some eggs from top, bottom and middle and found that some appeared to have started developing in that the yolks were thicker but some were very watery. Read More

No new nests. Nest #20 had 2 hatchlings in the runway this morning, one in a crab hole and one stuck in a footprint but both made it to the water. Inventory results: Nest #8 – 97 shells, 3 unhatched and 1 pipped Nest #11 – 113 shells, 8 unhatched and 1 live Inventory schedule: Read More

No new nests. Nest #19 hatched around 7:00 with 105 turtles speeding to the water. Lucky Team 5. Nest #8 had 1 hatchling in the track. Nest #17 looks like it hatched but tracks were not visible because of rain. Nests #11, 15, 18 and 20 looked like they could have had more hatchlings out Read More

New nest #58 this morning is located near the 300 walkway. Nest #15 had 112 hatchlings make a speedy trek to the water at 11:07 last night. They were all in the water by 11:23, with only 3 getting a little turned around . Reported by Regan Garden, visitor. Nest #16 had 113 hatchlings last Read More

No new nests, but it was a busy night for hatchlings. Nest #8 had 96 hatchlings emerge around 10:40 last night. Only 2 or 3 were disoriented. YAY! Nest #11 hatched. Lots of tracks in the runway. Nest #13 had a boil. Nest #20 at only 50 days had several tracks and 3 hatchlings in Read More

No new nests. One hatchling emerged from nest #13. First emergence today. Nest #20 has a hole. Green is waiting. Inventory results: . nest #12: 82 shells, 35 unhatched, 3 pipped, 1 dead and 29 live hatchlings . nest #14: 102 shells, 6 unhatched, 4 pipped, 2 dead and 11 live hatchlings

No new nest. Nest #10 hatched last night. Nest #12 had 48 hatchlings emerge. Morning patrol watched as 5 hatchlings emerged from nest #14. Inventories at nests #12 & #14 tonight.

Nest #57 today and a false crawl. Both were at the east point. Both were 36″ crawls. 51 eggs were relocated to west of the lifeguard stand. An odd looking spacer egg was used for the DNA egg. Nest #14 had 69 hatchlings emerge at 9:05 last night. Nests #12 and #14 both had more Read More

No new nests. Inventory results from nest #4: 22 unhatched eggs and 54 shells. 0 hatchlings 1 hatchling emerged from nest #12 about 8:30. We are calling it first emergence. Nests #9 and #12 each had a few hatchling tracks. Inventory #9 at 6:30, Nest #56 at 7:00

Nothing new. Nest #7 appears to have hatched but tracks were not visible due to rain. Nest #4 and #12 still have depressions. Another hatchling from nest #9 was found this morning at the villas. They reported that it was strong and swam away. Bless them. Inventory #4 tonight at 7:00, #9 Sunday at 6:30, Read More