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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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Wish we could say we beat the rain, but we didn’t!  Walking and Riding Patrol got soaked, but it was worth it for the 2 nests we found!  Thankfully, both nests were laid in safe locations! Nest #57Crawl Width:  96.5cm/37.5″ Nest #58Crawl Width:  102cm/40″ **This conservation work for protected sea turtles on Caswell Beach is Read More

We would like to thank the Raiff Family for donating the proceeds from their Lemonade Stand to Caswell Beach Turtle Watch! They raised $251.00!! Great job girls!!! You are Turtley Awesome! Thank you also to the St. James PepperBark neighborhood for participating! We are always grateful for donations to our cause! For more information on Read More