by KClark | Jul 5, 2013 | False Crawl, Loggerhead
After weeks of cold water keeping the turtles south, last night around 10:45PM we got a call from Currituck dispatch with a report of a sea turtle emerging from the ocean in Carova! Despite their best efforts to keep the scene calm and welcoming, the turtle took one...
by KClark | Jul 17, 2012 | Corolla, False Crawl
False crawls #11 and #12 raised hopes that last year’s record of 18 nests would be broken, but the turtles decided…not yet! At FC #11 in Ocean Sands, the turtle managed to dodge several canopy frames, crawling directly through one in her journey back to...
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 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...
