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
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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
August 5, 2023 – Saturday Surprises!
It was another busy night on Caswell Beach. The rain sent many back to their cars, but some decided to tough it out. The high tides were lower, but Nest #9 suffered badly and Nest #85 was overwashed. Best News: Nest #1 finally hatched! Team 3 sat through 2 sessions of rain and they got Read More
August 4, 2023 – Nest #89!
Last night was a busy night! It was wet and windy out this morning. The tide has started receding and nest tops looked good. Nest #2 InventoryHatched Egg Shells – 66, Unhatched Eggs – 45, Pipped – 0, Dead -1, Live -0 Nest #5 InventoryHatched Egg Shells – 124, Unhatched Eggs – 21, Pipped – 1, Read More
Kemp’s Ridley Mid-Day Hatch!
BIG NEWS! Caswell Beach’s Kemp’s Ridley Nest started hatching at about 9:30 this morning!!! New Volunteer Mary Beth and her cousin Mary Ann were out walking when a family alerted them to some turtle hatchlings. IT WAS DAY 49 and had not been greened yet! They quickly worked together with Turtle Ambassadors, the Williford family, to Read More
August 3, 2023 – Nest #88, King Tides, Nest #4 Inventory, Kemp’s News and More!
It’s been a busy 24 hours! SEE THE BIG NEWS ABOUT OUR KEMP’S RIDLEY NEST HERE! We also had Nest #88! Mama laid just a tiny bit over last night’s tide line. We relocated 99 eggs, still a good sized clutch for the end of the season! King Tides reached a few nests again last Read More