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 18, 2012 | Nest
ATV rider John shouted out a huge “woo hoo!” this morning when he came across his first crawl. A mother loggerhead hauled out onto the beach in Kitty Hawk and broke NEST’s record number of sea turtle nests in one season… #19! Last year was a...
by KClark | Jul 14, 2012 | Corolla, Nest
It’s official. We have tied with last year’s record-making year of 18 nests and we still have more season ahead of us! The Stalter’s normally cover the Friday run but they had to go out of town this week. Lucky for Karen, because she volunteered to...
by KClark | Jul 7, 2012 | Duck, Nest
After what felt like a dry spell (all of two days… when did you ever think we would say that?!), Dennis S. called the hotline with the report of a crawl in Duck. He wasn’t sure if there was a nest site, no distinct body pit to speak of, so Jackie went to...
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...
