by DPohl | Jul 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
Dan did it! Dan Waters of the Duck ATV team found a Loggerhead sea turtle nest in Southern Shores 7/27. To adopt Nest #39, click here. Soon after the phones began to ring with the words of Karen Clark (KC) asking nest responders to give Charlotte a call on the...
by KClark | Jul 21, 2016 | Uncategorized
To adopt Nest #36, click here. Sea turtle nest #36 was discovered this a.m. by Nags Head dream team ATV driver Jerry Alexander. The NEST response team arrived shortly after the call was put out by NC Wildlife Resource Commission Karen Clark (KC). Frances surveyed the...
by KClark | Jul 21, 2016 | Uncategorized
Tuesday morning, in the midst of a huge thunderstorm, a local volunteer sighted a large loggerhead doing her thing on the 4WD beach of Currituck. As soon as the storm cleared, our ATV rider and local responder came to the nest. Thanks to the good markings left by...
by KClark | Jul 21, 2016 | Uncategorized
We’ve had recent inquiries about how to adopt one of our nests. To make it easier, here is a list of the current nests, our nicknames/numbers, and there adoption ID # to help you select the nest you’re looking for. There’s also a direct link to each...
by DPohl | Jul 20, 2016 | Uncategorized
On July 19, NEST ATV driver Jim Kranda found his second nest for 2016 in Nags Head. The nest was very close to Jim’s first find (Nest 24). The odd thing is that the track crawl was very similar on nest 24 and nest 34. The now all seasoned response team quickly...
by DPohl | Jul 18, 2016 | Uncategorized
The sea turtle nest record has been broken and broken and broken! The previous record number of sea turtle nests … well, some say 26 and some say 27, but the 2016 sea turtle nests monitored by N.E.S.T. is now at 33. 30 and 31 were both discovered on the early...
