Posts by CWBTW Editor

 We are up to Lucky #13 for our nest counts! New morning patrol team member, Karen, located her first nest!  Nest #12 was laid in a safe location.   Nest #12:Crawl Width:  80.4 cm/33″ Nest #13 was also located in a safe location.  It will be highly visible to many visitors.  Mama was a small one! Read More

Good morning! We had 1 obvious False Crawl this morning.  Mama was on the small side.  Crawl Width:  85 cm/ 33.5″. Nest #11 was laid way up to the bottom of a dune, very safe area.Crawl width:  93 cm//37″ Looks like we are moving steadily along! Officer Mike left us a stuffed turtle Key Chain for the Read More

WOW!  We were blessed today with a daytime nester!  We got the call a little before 4:00 that a Mama turtle had come ashore.  When we got there she had already climbed over a dune and begun digging her egg chamber.  This process took over an hour!  Many beach goers got a once in a lifetime Read More

The rain cleared and we have 3 nests!  All were laid in safe locations! Nest #7 was in the same region as yesterday’s false crawl and very high in the dune. Nests #8 & #9 were next to each other, one house width apart! Maybe they are related? Nest #7: Crawl Width:  90.8 cm/38.5″Nest #8: Read More

Mama turtle crawled way up to the dunes, walking around a washed up log, but decided not to lay her eggs. Poor thing! All the nests have been safe from tidal overwash.  The river beach had more erosion, though. **This conservation work for protected sea turtles on Caswell Beach is authorized by the NC Wildlife Resources Read More

The weather didn’t keep Mama #6 away!  She crawled up a nice dune and laid her eggs deep!   Thanks to Teresa and Joy for heading out in the rain/wind! Nest #6:Crawl Width:105cm/41.3″ **This conservation work for protected sea turtles on Caswell Beach is authorized by the NC Wildlife Resources Commission (ES Permit 23ST03).

It was a beautiful day for 2 new nests!  Nest #4 had to be relocated from the East River Beach.  There were 144 eggs!  Mama dropped one along the way and it rolled down the dune a bit.  We moved the eggs to the ocean side.   Nest #5 had a beautiful crawl and body pit, Read More

Morning Patrol found Nest #3 just above a high tide line in a narrow eroded area.  They relocated 142 eggs to a safer location! I was reminded to add the crawl width of the mamas in our report so here they all are: Nest #3:Relocated: 142 eggsCrawl Width: 90 cm/35 inches Nest #2:Insitu (original location)Crawl Read More

We have Nest #2!  Mama laid in a beautiful and safe spot!  Enjoy the pictures! **This conservation work for protected sea turtles on Caswell Beach is authorized by the NC Wildlife Resources Commission (ES Permit 23ST03).