Friday Night:We learned from the DNA results of Nest #8 Mama that she typically lays small clutches of eggs. This nest had a total of 50. Nest #8 InventoryHatched Eggs – 44Unhatched Egg – 6 with an additional 2 small spacer eggsPipped – 0Live – 0Dead – 0 Nest #20 had 104 hatchlings boil out Read More
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August 11, 2023 – More Hatchings!
Thursday Night: Nest #19 hatched last night with Team 4 presents, Team 3 joining in to help and many beach visitors! The hatchling scout came out first and went straight to the water. The other 52 followed after and hour of waiting. Several of those were very disoriented. We were called at 10:10 about Nest Read More
August 10, 2023 – Nest #91!
Never say you think you’re done! We have Nest #91! The nest was laid in a great location. We were able to talk with several visitors and explain the process of locating the eggs and the DNA collection. Crawl Width: 83cm/32.5″ Also this morning, Nest #31 decided to hatch at about 6:00 am. We had Read More
Leucistic Turtles
The other evening we had a couple of hatchlings that needed a little rest before they went out to sea. One was Leucistic. Leucism is a lack of pigment. The lack of pigment does not affect the eyes like in Albinism. These are special creatures to behold! **This conservation work for protected sea turtles on Read More
August 9, 2023 – 5 Nests Hatched!
It was a busy night for turtle babies! Nest #25 boiled with Team 9 present between 9:30-9:44. There were 127 hatchlings in under 15 minutes! It was low tide and a long walk, but they did it! A few more emerged over night. Nest #15 boiled at 10:00 with 119 hatchlings. Unfortunately, about half of them were Read More
August 8, 2023 – Inventories, Nest #8 Emergence, Storm Issues, Oh My!
Our monitoring teams had to leave their posts last night when the storm was approaching in order to stay safe! The wind was still blowing out there this morning and some nest runways had a lot of sand blown in and buckets up in the dunes. Our Morning Patrol and assigned teams will be checking all Read More
August 7, 2023 – WILD Nest #90!
WOW! “Eagle Eye” Susan discovered a WILD nest today! We will be checking our False Crawl data to see if this was one we couldn’t find or if it’s one we missed completely. It was on the East End just over an escarpment in a badly eroded area. When a wild nest is found, it Read More
August 6, 2023 – #24 Kemp’s Ridley Inventory
The Kemp’s Ridley Nest #24 Inventory took a very long time last night. There were 11 hatchlings stuck under the damp sand that needed time to acclimate to being out of the nest. Timothy, Fred, Gummy, Cutie Pie, Honey Love and Oreo were just some of the names given to the hatchlings from our cute Read More
August 6, 2023 – Sunday Update
Last night Nest #1 had 1 more hatchling to appear and make it to the water with a large crowd of beach visitors. He started making his appearance at noon, but smartly waited until after sunset! There was no other turtle activity. Sadly, a large Hammerhead was found washed up at the Public Parking beach. Read More
August 5, 2023 – BONUS: Nest #11 Inventory!
There is so much going on that we almost forgot the INCREDIBLE inventory results from Nest #11!!! Hatched Egg Shells – 140 (Yes, you read that right!)Unhatched Eggs – 9Pipped – 1Dead – 2Live – 2 **This conservation work for protected sea turtles on Caswell Beach is authorized by the NC Wildlife Resources Commission (ES Read More