2 false crawls near the baptist pier. Turtles never come in out there but these 2 did and looked all over for the perfect spot. One 35″ crawl and one 38″ crawl. Nest #15 is located near marker 79. 35″ crawl. We moved 120 eggs out of the dunes. Nest #16 had a 34″crawl and Read More
Posts by Susan Holbrooks
Sunday, June 7th
We had nest #14 from a 36” crawl close to the dunes at Marker 60.8 Also a 38” false crawl at Marker 55. She had crawled high up in the dune and checked out a couple of places but didn’t lay and had a very long crawl back to the water.
Nest #13 today
38 inch crawl at marker 79.2 in front of the villas.
2 Nest and 1 False Crawl today
Nest #11 had a 42 inch crawl and is located at marker 61.9 Nest #12 had a 36 inch crawl and is located at marker 57.2 The false crawl was 35 inches and was near marker 63
Nest #10
Nest #10 was found at end of the island at the Baptist camp. She had a 42 inch crawl and 124 eggs were relocated to marker 58.
4 Nests this morning!
#6 at Marker 67.5 with a 38” crawl #7 at Marker 75.5 with a 36” crawl #8 at Marker 77.2 (east of Villas) with a 36” crawl #9 west of McGlamery St. with a 33” crawl. The top eggs in the nest were a full arms length down.
Nest #5
She had a 35″ crawl and we relocated 116 eggs to above the high tide line at marker 69.8. We had an audience of kids and adults.
2 Nests today!
Both nests are located at marker 62. Nest #3 had a 36 inch crawl and nest #4 had a 35 in crawl. Their paths did cross and they both had to dodge a deep hole in the sand. Happy Memorial Day!
Saturday, May 23rd
We had a 39 inch false crawl at the McGlamery entrance this morning but no nests.
We have our first nest!
Nest #1 is located at marker 63.9 and the crawl measured 36″