by KClark | Jun 15, 2018 | Duck, Nest, Nesting Season
NESTers have been waiting anxiously every morning for the early wake-up call about a nest but they weren’t expecting to get a call in the afternoon! Yesterday a call came in on the hotline from Duck Ocean Rescue asking if we’d heard anything about a nest...
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 DPohl | Jul 11, 2016 | Nags Head, Nest, Uncategorized
Pop tops a popping, flip flops a flopping, black flies a biting, the sunshine is shining down, Jerry Alexander was having those summertime feelings when he found sea turtle nest #22 this a.m. in South Nags Head. The second nest find for Jerry for 2016. Everyone knows...
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 22, 2016 | Nest
Not too far from the previous day’s false crawl, Tuesday morning we discovered Nest #12 in Kitty Hawk. The team arrived and quickly found the eggs. We just hope that on such a narrow stretch of beach that this nest will be boil before too many storms blow...
by Niko | Nov 26, 2015 | Cape Hatteras, Corolla, Kill Devil Hills, Loggerhead, Nags Head, Nest, Release, Sea Turtle Update
On November 1, Crest, a 170 lb loggerhead, was released from the beach at Cape Hatteras lighthouse. Crest had stranded in Corolla this summer, suffering from anemia. A more mature patient, she was old enough that we could tell she is a “she.” And we are...
