by KClark | Jun 17, 2012 | Corolla, False Crawl
Another morning, another false crawl. This time the turtle came made an appearance in the 4WD area of Carova. She came up about 2/3 up the beach, looped around in three different areas, and went back to sea.
by KClark | Jun 16, 2012 | False Crawl, Nags Head
Rounding out the week, Brent added another loggerhead false crawl to the list this morning. He described it as a short crawl coming in and out of the ocean below the high tide line but no nest site. Maybe she’ll come back with better success tonight.
by KClark | Jun 15, 2012 | Corolla, False Crawl
Call #1 5:45 AM – There’s a crawl in Corolla in Whalehead. Ray’s not certain there’s a nest site so KC tells him to mark it off and keep going. Call #2 6:10 AM – Ray calls back with another crawl in Buck Island. Still not sure this one...
by KClark | Jun 14, 2012 | Duck, Kemp Ridley
Kemp’s ridleys don’t nest in NC… at least that’s what we used to say. For the third year in a row the Outer Banks has had Kemp’s nests confirmed on its beaches. At 10:30 NEST got a call from Duck Ocean Rescue saying,...
by KClark | Jun 13, 2012 | Corolla, Corolla Nest, Nest
A little after 5:45 AM Charlotte called KC and said, “Get out of bed, Mike is about to find a nest!” She had gotten the heads up from a beachgoer who was out walking her dog this morning when she happened upon a mother loggerhead lugging her way back...
