by KClark | Jul 21, 2012 | Nags Head, Nest
5:58 AM – ATV rider Brent sends a text photo of a crawl in Nags Head. “Looks like a textbook false crawl, no mound. I’ll keep driving.” Rae and Jerry go to complete the data sheet and Brent drives on. 6:21 AM – Brent texts again....
by KClark | Jul 4, 2012 | Nags Head, Nest
On his way to bed last night, NESTer Jonny told Barbara that we were going to have two nests in the morning and one was going to be in Kitty Hawk. True to his words, the turtles didn’t disappoint this morning! What a fourth of July celebration we woke to when...
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 | 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 | 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...
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.
