Today has been a long day. The Morning Patrol spent 4+ hours on the beach this morning with 4 False Crawls and 2 Nests. So we have Nest #40 which had to be moved from an escarpment on the east end and Nest #41 which was laid in a safe location!
THEN, we received a call from Southport. Our Southport Mama has made another appearance on the river beach. 3 of us spent 2+ hours digging in very coarse sand/rock. She had 3 crawls. 1 was a fairly obvious false crawl. We checked and rechecked and dug deeper and even hit very wet sand, but couldn’t find any eggs. So the 3 will be marked as false. She may return tomorrow.
**This conservation work for protected sea turtles on Caswell Beach is authorized by the NC Wildlife Resources Commission (ES Permit 22ST03).