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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

We had Nest #56 and 2 False Crawls this morning. One False Crawl stopped 3 times in her journey, but no eggs were located.  The other was an obvious in and out on the river beach.  She knew that wasn’t a good area! Nest #56 was laid safely.Crawl Width:  80cm/32″ **This conservation work for protected Read More

We had 1 nest today.  We got a call at 11:30 last night from a beach visitor about a nesting mama.  She was headed back to the water, so we didn’t go out.  That was Nest #55.  It was in a safe location! There was also an  interesting False Crawl where Mama made 2 slight attempts. Read More

WE HAD 5 NESTS TODAY and 2 false crawls!  2 of our crawls were very long with many stops and turns.  One mama even dug a chamber, left it uncovered and moved up a bit.  When in doubt, always check the last stop! We had several wonderful visitors out and ran into Kathy B. from Read More

Our Mama’s stayed away from the Fireworks area last night!  We have 2 Nests and 2 False Crawls.   Both False Crawls had nests nearby with the same Crawl Width, so they did lay! False Crawl Width: 100cm/39.3″ Nests #48Crawl Width: 100cm/39.3″ False Crawl Width: 99cm/39″ Nests #49 had to be relocated from the high tide Read More

Happy Oak Island Day! We had 2 Nests today and another False Crawl.  The False Crawl was in the same area as the last 2 days, high on a dune slope.  Mama started a nest cavity and abandoned it. Nests #46 and #47 are in safe locations and finally in a low populated nest area!  Read More