Posts by Susan Holbrooks

Nest #31 is located east of the lighthouse and had a 32” crawl.

One 36″ false crawl near the golf course this morning. A ribbon, maybe a reminder to us all to appreciate life.

3 nests today. Nest #28, 34” crawl just west of the lighthouse. Nest #29, 44” crawl east of 601 walkway Nest #30, 34” crawl east of the golf course steps. We got soaked and had to hunt, I mean hunt for the eggs today. Wanda got to see the turtle nesting at the golf course Read More

What a whirlwind day!  2 Nests and 3 false crawls, 1 stranded turtle to Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Hospital False crawls were 36″ @ the east end point, 33″ @ the east end just west of the point and a really odd 23″ @ the golf course steps. Nest #26, 34″ crawl, in front of Read More

Nest #25 laid at the Baptists.  33″ crawl.  122 eggs relocated to west of Baptists steps. One 35″ false crawl almost at the Point.

3 false crawls and Nest #24 were all at the east end. We measured the crawls to be 33,34 and 38 inches but very well could have all been the same turtle. The tracks kept going along the escarpment until she found a good safe place.

Yesterday’s false crawl between the Baptist lifeguard stand and the 100 walkway is actually Nest #21.  She went up into the dune and when she was covering the nest, she was throwing sand uphill.  So the mound was not actually covering the nest at all. Today we had 2 nests and 5 false crawls. Nest Read More

2 false crawls this morning.  29″ by the baptist life guard stand and a 40″ west of 629 walkway. Reece is going to be released today at 3:30.  It was posted on their Facebook page yesterday and had hundreds of shares so get there early if you want to see.

Nest 20! 40″ crawl located west of walkway 601. We relocated 116 eggs to above the high tide line.

Nest #18 and #19 today. Nest #18 is west of the 400 walkway. She had a 36″ crawl. Nest #19 is east of the golf course steps and had a 33″ crawl. Danny and Joy were the lucky ones who got to see her nesting. With the full moon it was easy to see her Read More