NEVER PUSH OR ATTEMPT TO ASSIST STRANDED ANIMALS BACK TO THE WATER! More harm can be done and it is illegal without proper permits. 

Year: 2009

  • 2009: False Crawl 20

    Was found Sunday morning  8/09/09 by Cathy Felty, near nest 5 at Paradise by the Sea.  Those girls keep on coming!

  • 2009: Nest 37

    Found by Bill Higgins.  This is his first one this year….yeah!  Just west of Mistral.  Loggerhead found 8/08/09  All of nests this year are Loggerheads. UPDATE!! As nest #37 hatched something got into it, Val has seen a red fox in the area.  Anyone tell what this is by the prints?  There were 93 eggs…

  • 2009: Nest 36

    Charlie found this nest while he was nest sitting between nest 4 and 5.  He went to check on nest 5,  came back to nest 4 and saw the crawl……at 1am. Notice the nice way he marked it so Al would see it on his walk. Notice the hole this girl had to navigate on…

  • 2009: Nest 35

    Nest #35 was found on Sunday 8/02/09 by John Andrews a loggerhead in Inlet Beach…Way to go John!

  • 2009: Nest 34

    Quite a day for Anthony and Sherry, first thing on the beach the morning, they come upon a Loggerhead just laying her eggs, OK Charlie beat that.  This was in the Stallworth Area and after they got down watching they walked on and found her false crawl from earlier.  Same turtle.  What an experience.  Anthony…

  • 2009: False Crawl 19

    False Crawl #19 was found 8/02/09 a loggerhead in the Stallworth Area by Anthony and Sherry  

  • 2009: Nest 33

    Nest #33 from this morning. April found the nest. Turtle came up between a towel and buckets/toys on the beach. The sand was saturated from a storm surf but the turtle nested anyway and left having to turn West to avoid two beach chairs left in the surf. Had to move the nest due to…

  • 2009: Nest 32

    Was found by Wayne in front of Point of View condos on Seacrest walk.  Nice in and out nest.  Nothing to get in the way.  Loggerhead.  Here’s the thing….several of us were nest sitting at nest 1, waiting for hatchlings when just a couple of buildings down from us, a girl came up quietly and…

  • 2009: Nest 31

    Nest #31 was found 7/26/09 in Paradise by the Sea by Cathy it was low so it was moved.   UPDATE!! Nest #31 Escaped 88 Alive and released 1 No obvious 2 Total eggs 91 Success 98%

  • 2009: Nest 30

    I got a call from FWC that a man from Sea Crest called that he had a large turtle nesting, this was about 9:15 a.m. So I called him back to see just where.  He said Sea Mist and that she was laying eggs now.  So I called Val  and Joe but Joe was in…