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Category: Season Updates

Turtle Season Updates

Proper Turtle Etiquette

Posted on June 10, 2013April 1, 2024 by CWB Turtle Writers

Please remember that  the female turtles coming in to nest are easily spooked and will not lay if they are Read More

Nest #7 & #8

Posted on June 10, 2013April 1, 2024 by CWB Turtle Writers

We had two nests and two false crawls of 34”.  We’re assuming Nest #7 with a 34” crawl is the Read More

3 Crawls & 2 Nests (5 & 6) on Thursday

Posted on June 8, 2013 by CWB Turtle Writers

3 crawls this morning. A 31”Crawl  at marker 59.2 resulted in nest#5. A 29”Crawl at marker 69 was a false Read More

Another crawl but no nest found

Posted on June 2, 2013April 1, 2024 by CWB Turtle Writers

We had a 36” false crawl at Marker 66.  It looked like a nest but we dug for over an Read More

2 Crawls, maybe not loggerheads

Posted on June 2, 2013April 1, 2024 by CWB Turtle Writers

We had two false crawls this morning.  One was 39” at marker 66 and the other was 43” on the Read More

2 nests the last day of May

Posted on June 2, 2013April 1, 2024 by CWB Turtle Writers

We had two nests this morning.  Nest #3 from a 40” crawl was laid at marker 62 (400 block).  These Read More

Nest #2

Posted on May 27, 2013April 1, 2024 by CWB Turtle Writers

We had nest #2 this morning at Marker 55.5 (Baptists’ Steps area) with a 34” crawl.  Our new morning patroller, Read More

First Nest of the Season

Posted on May 26, 2013April 1, 2024 by CWB Turtle Writers

Sunday, May 26, 2013 – Although Oak Island had a nest on May 12th, our first nest wasn’t laid until Read More

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