Posts by CWBTW Editor

Whew!  Deep Breath… Nest #93 was inventoried by Team 0 + this morning.  One more hatchling emerged overnight and left a really cute loop in his tracks!  The three live hatchlings that were brought out of their warm nest were probably shocked by the cool 52 degree temps.  All three had slight flipper issues from being compressed Read More

Caswell Beach Turtle Watch Team 8 inventoried Nest #85 this afternoon.  It was Day 78 for this nest, which was over-washed for the first time 3 days after it was laid.  After this initial event, it was over-washed 8 more times before the Sept/Oct. King Tides and then a LOT more (we stopped counting).  Sadly, Read More

Last night was a beautiful night for an inventory!  It was a small but successful nest! Nest #92 Inventory:Hatched Egg Shells – 64Unhatched Eggs – 4Pipped – 0Live – 1Dead – 0 **This conservation work for protected sea turtles on Caswell Beach is authorized by the NC Wildlife Resources Commission (ES Permit 23ST03). Want to Read More

We inventoried Nest #91 on this busy King Mackerel Tournament opening day!  This nest hatched during the night-early morning hours October 2nd-3rd with lots of hatchling tracks leading to the high tide line. The bugs had chased everyone off the beach that evening, so the turtles emerged as nature intended (without an audience). It was Read More

We Inventoried Nest #78 last evening, the 75th Day.  The King Tides definitely had an impact on the nest.  There were 84 unhatched, partially developed eggs.  One of those had been split open, probably by a crab.  It was not developed enough to have pipped on its own.  Team 3 rallied through and did what Read More

We had a surprise yesterday afternoon. Our last Nesting Site showed evidence of an emergence. A Nesting Site is an area where the Mama spent a good amount of time, but the nest chamber was not located by our patrol. Mama came in on August 4th. Our best guess is that the nest hatched during Read More