by KClark | Jul 18, 2016 | Corolla
Things finally seemed to slow down… or did they? We had a turtle come in to Corolla Saturday morning but she didn’t lay eggs (even though she came all the way and up the beach, even crawling up the dune some!). Then, she (or another mom??) arrived Sunday,...
by KClark | Jul 12, 2016 | Corolla, Nags Head, Nest
Nest #23 This morning our Corolla driver called to report a beautiful sunrise… with a beautiful nest! A loggerhead crawled up to the foot of the dunes and left a fantastic nest site. Responders located the eggs and marked off the site to rest for the next 2...
by KClark | Jul 7, 2016 | Corolla, Duck
Yesterday morning our driver called sort of confused by the crawl he came across. We train them to identify a false crawl as a crawl with no nest site and a nest as a crawl that has a distinct nest site (the incoming crawl leads into a pile of thrown sand and the...
by KClark | Jun 28, 2016 | Corolla, Corolla Nest, Nest
Last night before midnight, a loggerhead sea turtle came up on one of the darkest beaches in Corolla and left us with Nest #16. Bright and early, our ATV rider John called with enthusiasm on his finding. The nest site was another rather confusing one where mom...
by KClark | Jun 27, 2016 | Corolla, False Crawl
Around 11PM the night of June 26th, a report came in about a loggerhead looping around the beach up in Currituck National Wildlife Refuge area of the 4WD beach. NESTers arrived to find her returning to the ocean. They staked off the site until the morning until we...
by KClark | Jun 14, 2016 | Corolla, Duck, Loggerhead
Nest #10 rolled in this morning on the north end of Duck. Mom picked an excellent site right next to the foot of the dunes in front of an undeveloped lot. Nesting responders had to hike in for this one but it was well worth the trip. This nest was a little tricky...
