by KClark | Jul 3, 2012 | Nags Head, Nest
With a nearly full moon illuminating the sky, a gentle ocean breeze, and calm rolling waves, it was a perfect night to sit on the beach, both for our beach goers and our nesting loggerhead! At around 1:30 AM a group on the beach were watching the waves lap the shore...
by KClark | Jul 2, 2012 | Uncategorized
Three weeks ago we had a very confusing turtle visit our beach and decided that the odd crawl pattern likely indicated a turtle (probably a loggerhead) with an impaired flipper (see back story here). This has not stopped her from being successful as she laid eggs in...
by KClark | Jul 2, 2012 | Nags Head, Nest
Even the evening thundershowers couldn’t keep our turtles away. Jerry was riding in south Nags Head when he came across a rather short crawl that ended just shy of the high tide line. “Could it be another false crawl? Wait… I think there’s a...
by KClark | Jun 30, 2012 | False Crawl
Just about half a mile from the start of his run, Kitty Hawk driver Scott came across his first crawl. It appeared she crawled up the beach and plowed her way up a steep hill of pushed sand. She circled around twice before deciding to head back to sea, sliding down...
by KClark | Jun 30, 2012 | Nags Head, Nest
Our southern beach Nesting Response Team woke with news they’ve been waiting for all summer, “Good morning NESTers, it’s KC… we have a crawl in Nags Head and it looks like there’s a nest site.” With all the activity on the northern...
