They are finally here!!! We had 2 False Crawls this morning! The rain must have been too annoying for them to lay. Thanks to our running friends Sue and Steve for alerting us to them. The crawls were right at last night’s high tide line and very hard to see on this cloudy day. We Read More
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Happy Mother’s Day!
We still have no nests or false crawls to report after 2 full weeks of patrolling. They will come, but it’s hard to be patient! Check out seaturtle.org to see the latest progress for turtles in NC.
May 1-7 Update: Quiet and Chilly!
It has been a chilly and very quiet start to Nesting Season! We will let you know when we get a nest or a false crawl. NC received its first nest 5-6-23 on Masonboro Island! In the meantime, we hope you enjoy these sunrise pictures!
Stranded Sea Turtles – Spring 2023
This Spring we have responded to several stranded sea turtles. Sadly, 2 fairly large Loggerhead Turtles and 1 juvenile Green Turtle were found deceased. 3 others were taken to Rehab. Pearl is a juvenile Green Turtle that had washed up on Caswell Beach on April 2nd. She was covered with mud and algae which indicates she had Read More
May 1, 2023 – It’s Turtle Season!
Happy First Day of Sea Turtle Nesting Season! No tracks or nests today, but it is early and was a bit chilly this morning! Sadly our patrol did find a deceased juvenile Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle that had been the victim of a boat strike. Please call us if you see a mama, hatchling or Read More
Sea Turtle Embryo Development Pictures
Karen Clark from NCWR presented a training session in Sea Turtle Embryo Devlopment. The following are a few slides that she shared with the teams.
2015 Turtle Season
Recap of 2015 Season 127 Crawls66 Nests19 NESTS MOVED DUE TO LOCATION – 29%2280 eggs relocated yielded 1789 live hatchlings – 78% hatch rate5242 EMPTY EGG SHELLS COUNTED1273 UNHATCHED OR PIPPED EGGS199 DEAD HATCHLINGS OUT OF SHELLS5043 LIVE HATCHLINGS77% OVERALL HATCH RATE99 AVERAGE EGGS PER NEST35” Average Crawl Width55 Average Days of Incubation3,294 VOLUNTEER HOURS (51 volunteers)16,001 VOLUNTEER MILES1 very successful Turtle Read More
2014 Turtle Season
October 20, 2014 2014 Caswell Beach Turtle Nest Summary 10/19/14 September 22, 2014 Nest #14 was inventoried last night with 101 Shells, 7 unhatched or pipped and 7 live hatchlings. September 19, 2014 Keeping with the way things have gone for the season, nest #14 hatched during the night after everyone left. Turtle tracks were Read More
2013 Turtle Season
September 29, 2013 We had two hatchings last night. Nest #54 had 58 turtles and #55 had 93 turtles. As we only have #56 left and that will be 56 days on October 13, I will only send out emails if there is something to report. September 28, 2013 Nothing to Report September 27, 2013 Read More
2012 Turtle Season
September 25, 2012 Nest #62 was inventoried with 77 shells, 18 unhatched, 2 dead and 5 live hatchlings. As we only have two nests left, we will not be patrolling in the mornings. Teams will check their nests and if there is activity we will report on it, otherwise no reports will be issued. September Read More