by KClark | Jun 18, 2018 | Nesting Season
With water temps up in the 80s, it’s no wonder the turtles are making their presence known this weekend. Saturday morning, not just one, but two nests were discovered. One in Nags Head and the other in the Pine Island area of Corolla. Teams helped respond to...
by KClark | Jun 15, 2018 | Duck, Nest, Nesting Season
NESTers have been waiting anxiously every morning for the early wake-up call about a nest but they weren’t expecting to get a call in the afternoon! Yesterday a call came in on the hotline from Duck Ocean Rescue asking if we’d heard anything about a nest...
by KClark | Sep 23, 2016 | Uncategorized
Yesterday morning, Sept. 22, a beach goer called in what they thought looked like a turtle crawl. Indeed that is what she found. The turtle made a very convoluted path- coming in, crawling up the dune then back, moving south through a pit, up the dune again, back to...
by KClark | Sep 19, 2016 | Uncategorized
For a tropical storm, Hermine sure did pack a punch for our remaining nests. Here’s the synopsis of the damage along with the sliver lining. Before the storm: 34 nests were in the ground 7 of those nests had emergences (one actually during the storm) 3 of those...
by KClark | Aug 31, 2016 | Uncategorized
It’s been hard to keep up with all our recent activity so I am doing a batch update again. Here are some highlights and details can be found on the table below. Nests #1-16 have all emerged. Nests #18, 20, 25, and 28 have also emerged. Those in-between are...
