Posts by CWBTW Editor

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

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

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

There were no crawls or nest emergence overnight.   Nests #13, #17 and #18 had some degree of overwash at last night’s high tide. It was a 5.3″, and we expect the same or slighty more for tomorrow night. The 3 teams worked hard to prevent as much damage as they could.  Thanks to our young Read More

We had 1 False Crawl (same location as yesterday’s) and 1 Nest.  They had the same crawl width. Nest #87 had to be relocated from just over yesterday’s King Tide line to the dune line.  Patrol had visitors Madison and L’rae watch the process.There were 67 eggs + several spacers.Crawl Width:  90cm/35″ Other Updates:Nest #11 had evidence of Read More

We are happy to report that Nest #2 and Nest #5 hatched at some point during the storms  last night!  Thank you to those CBTW teams who put in so many hours keeping watch.  We are sorry you missed the emergence, but glad the hatchlings finally appeared! Nest #4 had a hatchling attacked by a Read More

Nest #4 partially boiled last night at around 8:25 pm. – early enough to see it in daylight!  The 61 hatchlings went straight to the water with the exception of 1 who made a few loops and turns along the way at the water’s edge.  It was over in less than 6 minutes!  It was Read More

Nest #6 hatched sometime overnight with lots of hatchling tracks going towards the ocean! We were called last night by a Turtle Ambassador from Pinehurst, NC about a nesting mama. We arrived to see her lay, were able to check her for flipper tags and measure her carapace. Her carapace (shell) was 38 inches long Read More

We had 1 False Crawl at the East End and 1 Nest that had to be relocated from the heavy escarpment area.  There are 2 nests in that area that could be in jeopardy and we didn’t want a third. Nest #8495 eggs relocated to a safer locationCrawl Width:  104cm/41″ The False Crawl width was Read More