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1-July-2012 Nest#12 Nags Head

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...

29-June-2012 Nest #11 in Nags Head

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...

20-Jun-2012 Nest #8 in Carova

Two days, 15 hours… and we’re still on a streak! June 19th, we started and ended the day with a nest! 9:25 PM, before KC even had a chance for dessert, Currituck dispatch called with the report of a turtle crawling out of the ocean to nest.  Two summers...

19-Jun-2012 Nest #7 Pine Island

Two days in a row and we’re on a streak! This morning ATV rider John called in with the report of a crawl in Corolla near Pine Island.  His description made us pretty confident that there was a nest site so the Nesting Response Team was called to the scene. The...