The hotline got a phone call just a little after 11PM from a surprised visitor who found little sea turtle hatchlings under their house in Nags Head. Thinking quickly, Charlotte called the nest sitting team for Nest #4 thinking they may still be up and near by. Karen and her crew arrived to recover 15 little guys from under the house and took them back to the beach, making sure they found their way to the ocean this time.
The crew took to the beach looking to see if they could find the nest site for this “undiscovered nest” but with the dark conditions and exhausted eyes, it was decided to send a team out at first light.
On any monitored beach, there is and anticipated ratio of 1 undiscovered nest for every 10 nests found. Often undiscovered nests often go without ever being noticed but luckily for us, someone saw the hatchlings this time.