We had 3 fairly obvious False Crawls and 1 Nest today. The deer had a party at the East End. The nest was laid above the high tide line in a popular area. It sure is going to be interesting when we receive the DNA on these Mamas! Nest #74Crawl Width: 104cm/41″
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July 16, 2023 – Super Busy Sunday! #71
There were 5 False Crawls and 1 Nest today. The False crawls were spread out from the river side of the East Point all the way to Ocean Greens! On one, Mama started a nest chamber (only 7 inches deep) and decided the sand was too hard. Nest #73 had 97 eggs relocated to a Read More
July 15, 2023 – Saturday Patrol
We had 1 False Crawl and 1 possible Nesting Site today. Patrol dug and dug and just couldn’t locate the eggs. It will be marked and monitored, just in case.
July 14, 2023 – It’s a Trio! #70-#72
We had 3 Nests today and no False Crawls! Nest #70 had to be relocated from the East Point hugh tie escarpment. Crawl Width: 107cm/42″101 Eggs relocated Nest #71- Good high spotCrawl Width: 92cm/ Nest #72 had to be relocated from below the high tide lineCrawl Width: 103cm/42″104 Eggs relocated
July 13, 2023 – We have #69!
After nothing yesterday, we had 1 False Crawl and 1 Nest this morning. The Mama with the False Crawl went very high into the east dunes, but didn’t even attempt a body pit. Nest #69 was laid in a safe spot on a lower dune. We were fortunate to have Karen Clark (KC) from the Read More
July 11, 2023 – Terrific Tuesday! #65-#68!
Can you feel the excitement??? Did you hear the “Woo Hoo!” this morning? We believe we have a GREEN turtle nest! We sent pictures to our State leaders and they believe we do. We will not know for sure until we have the DNA data back or we actually get to see the Hatchlings. I have Read More
July 10, 2023 – Busy Monday! #62 – #64
It was a productive morning on the beach with 3 nests and 1 False Crawl! Mama for Nest #62 had a few stops in the dunes before she found her safe spot. We had Turtle Ambassadors Amy and Patrick to observe the nest finding process! Nest #63 was also laid safely, but Nest #64 had to be relocated from Read More
July 9, 2023 – Super Sunday! #60 & #61
Sunday’s Morning Patrol (Joy, Kathleen, Brad, LuAnn) continues to have very busy mornings! There were 3 False Crawls and 3 Nests today. 2 potential Mamas crawled long ways up to steep dune faces and decided against those locations. One of those had Coyote tracks around it. The other False Crawl took a long stroll through some Read More
July 8, 2023 – Saturday at the Beach
No nests to report today. There was 1 False Crawl. Mama came out at hide tide, hit vegetation and turned right back to the water. There were a lot of Coyote prints on the east river beach. Sadly, we had a call about a dead juvenile Kemp’s Ridley at the water’s edge at Ft. Caswell’s beach. Read More
July 7, 2023 – King Tide brings #59
No Rain out there today! The beach was flattened out from the King Tide, but nests were safe. Nest #59 had to be relocated from between 2 high tide lines. It was a very low spot prone to flooding. Nest #59Crawl Width: 102cm/40″ One of the pictures in the file is a Sea Hare that Read More