by DPohl | Aug 12, 2016 | Uncategorized
Sherman has done it again (sorta) . On 8/10 he discovered a turtle nest in in Kill Devil Hills and shortly after discovered two false crawls nearby. The telephone call from Karen Clark (KC) NC Wildlife Commission announced that find to the at the ready response team....
by KClark | Aug 6, 2016 | Uncategorized
Four nights after Nest #1 (in Duck, the Sanderling community) emerged, the team returned to inventory the nest site. Below were their findings. Total Clutch Size : 95 Total Hatchlings in the Ocean: 67 Whole Undeveloped Eggs: 27 Hatching Success: 70.5% Two live...
by KClark | Aug 5, 2016 | Uncategorized
5-Aug-2016 Nest #44 was found in Southern Shores this morning. The turtle crawled up the beach, started to excavate a nest site but stopped. She then hauled further toward the dune where she finally laid her eggs. That factors that influence nest site selection in...
by DPohl | Aug 5, 2016 | Uncategorized
On 8/4/2016 Nags Head ATV driver Jerry discovered what appeared to be a green sea turtle nest in Nags Head. It was confirmed to be so by (KC) Karen Clark NCWRC. Steph found the DNA egg and the nest was marked just in time for the nest responders to go to another...
by KClark | Aug 1, 2016 | Corolla Nest, Uncategorized
This morning our ATV rider discovered Nest #40 in Corolla. Another devious crawl where she literally crawled back over her nest site on the way out, it didn’t deter the team from finding the eggs. The nest unfortunately was located right between two known tidal...
by Karen Fitzgerald | Jul 31, 2016 | Donnation, Uncategorized
2016 sea turtle nesting season has brought a record number of sea turtle nests on the Outer Banks. As of July 30 there are 39 recorded sea turtle nests discovered and monitored by the Network for Endangered Sea Turtles (N.E.S.T.). Nesting response supplies such as...
