by KClark | Sep 23, 2016 | Uncategorized
Yesterday morning, Sept. 22, a beach goer called in what they thought looked like a turtle crawl. Indeed that is what she found. The turtle made a very convoluted path- coming in, crawling up the dune then back, moving south through a pit, up the dune again, back to...
by KClark | Sep 19, 2016 | Uncategorized
For a tropical storm, Hermine sure did pack a punch for our remaining nests. Here’s the synopsis of the damage along with the sliver lining. Before the storm: 34 nests were in the ground 7 of those nests had emergences (one actually during the storm) 3 of those...
by Karen Fitzgerald | Sep 5, 2016 | Uncategorized
Thanks to the quick action of Supervisor Dave Elder and his crew of the Kill Devil Hills Ocean Rescue, an undiscovered Loggerhead sea turtle nest was quickly reported to the N.E.S.T. hotline and measures were taken to protect the emerging turtles and the sea turtle...
by Karen Fitzgerald | Sep 3, 2016 | N.E.S.T. Rehab Residents, NC Aquarium on Roanoke Island, Rehab Center, STAR Center, Uncategorized
by NC Aquarium Intern Tori Junkin Almost two years ago a Kemp’s ridley named Fin became a patient at the STAR Center at the NC Aquarium on Roanoke Island. Coming in from a possible boating accident, Fin has come a long way and still has a ways to go. When she was...
by Karen Fitzgerald | Aug 31, 2016 | N.E.S.T. Release, NC Aquarium on Roanoke Island, Rehab Center, STAR Center, Uncategorized
By NC Aquarium Intern Alex Sykes In July, the STAR center at the NC Aquarium on Roanoke Island held their second release of the summer in Nags Head! Three turtles were ready to go home: Neptune, Artemis and Otter. Neptune This year was our worst cold stun event to...
by KClark | Aug 31, 2016 | Uncategorized
It’s been hard to keep up with all our recent activity so I am doing a batch update again. Here are some highlights and details can be found on the table below. Nests #1-16 have all emerged. Nests #18, 20, 25, and 28 have also emerged. Those in-between are...
