by KClark | Sep 25, 2013 | Duck, Emergence, Loggerhead, Nest, Southern Shores
Sunday night, nest #6 sitters arrived around 6PM to find a sink hole on their nest. After much encouragement from the team throughout the evening (including flash mob hatchling dance moves, singing, and multiple cheers), the hatchlings finally came out just before...
by jkepler | Sep 23, 2013 | Excavation, Loggerhead, Nags Head, Relocate Nest
Saturday was a busy day for our NEST volunteers! For over 3 weeks our wonderful volunteers have been monitoring Nest #4 , and with no signs of activity. What were the turtles doing?! So this Saturday we planned an excavation at day 75 to see what was happening. This...
by Karen Fitzgerald | Sep 14, 2013 | Emergence, Kemp Ridley, Leatherback, Loggerhead, Nags Head, Nest
Thank you! Thank you ! Thank you! The 2012 Adopt-a-nest program, operated through seaturtle.org, brought in $570 in donations. Thanks to all our friends for this much needed support. It’s not too late to adopt a 2013 nest. We have 2 nests close to hatching...
by KClark | Aug 17, 2013 | Loggerhead, Nags Head, Nest
To adopt this nest, go to http://seaturtle.org/nestdb/adopt/?b=1 and selet ID # 82625. Once the nesting response team got the site, they worked on getting measurements and figuring out where she could have laid her eggs. We hate it when she crawls over her...
by KClark | Jul 27, 2013 | Duck, Loggerhead
Sorry for the late update but yes, we did get nest #08 at the end of July! Saturday nests are always so much fun. With traffic already building, a small team came to respond to Nest #08 in Duck. It may have been a small team, but they got the job done quickly and...
by KClark | Jul 24, 2013 | Duck, Loggerhead, Nest, Southern Shores
Well… Dan is the ATV rider to beat. This morning he came across not just one crawl, but four! The first one was clearly a false crawl with the mom stopping at a 1 foot escarpment and turning back to sea. The second crawl looked possible, she had made her way...
