Month: June 2011

what a morning, and DEBBIE THIS IS YOURS, COME HOME, After my walk I got a call from Dusty and he said he had found a nest, so I drove there and walk another 400 miles, or did it just seem like it. The tide was coming in this morning and our walker missed this…

LOGGERHEAD FOUND BY ANGELIA IN DUNE ALLEN VERY LOW AGAIN UPDATE: Nest #20 30A near Oyster Lake 91 escaped from nest 5 live and released 1 hatched but dead 32 no obvious 3 dead embryos 132 eggs total 73 % nest success

This is Mike’s third nest this year, Sherry says he has the lucky flags, and I agree, keep it up Mike. Loggerhead in The Retreat area, near nest #6 This is a beautiful nest, See the thrown sand over int incoming tracks a beautiful soft thrown sand mound. Hurrah UPDATE: Nest #9 The Retreat 77…

Is in back of Bud and Alley’s in Seaside, I got a call last night around midnight and she only came in 30 feet, people all around and Joe has been in that area at night and oh the flashlights, we must do something about this problem of flashlights on the beach. Seaside should sell…

Loggerhead, Paradise by the Sea, just east of Alys Beach.You can see from the photos, she started a nest complete with a hole dug, then abandoned that to nest a few more feet away. We also had some help knowing where the eggs were. Something scooped out a nice slice of sand but the only…

found by Sherry in Santa Rosa Beach Are. Loggerhead great tracks again. Nests #14, 15, and #16 are all in the same area and have keep Dawn and Sherry busy, and I will call these Cal’s nests as Dawn had to put a good dog buddy of mine to sleep on Friday afternoon and then…

Come on sea turtles where are you, everyone do the turtle dance Nest #14 is a Loggerhead and it is in Santa Rosa Beach in back of the Santa Rosa Beach Club near nest #2.   UPDATE: Nest #14 Dune Allan 102 escaped nest 2 alive and released 3 dead embryos 107 total eggs 97%…

I GOT A CALL ABOUT 12.15 LAST NIGHT FROM FWC ABOUT THIS TURTLE ON THE BEACH, IT LOOKS AS IF SHE HAD WAY TO MUCH COMPANY. PEOPLE TRACKS ALL AROUND HER, WE CAN’T TELL IF SHE NESTED OR NOT. DARN PEOPLE. HOW CAN WE GET FOLKS TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE BEACHES AT NIGHT ARE FOR…

NEST #12 IS A LOGGERHEAD AND IS IN SEASIDE, THEIR SECOND, AT ODESSA ST. UPDATE: nest #12 hatched in 65 days 104 escaped and went to the water 11 were found alive in nest and released 1 had no obvious embryo development total 116 eggs 99 % nest success

Nest #11 at Inlet Beach Public Walkover, odd tracks, and they could not find the eggs but marked it, I don’t think it is a nest, but Val and Jennifer do so we will see just whom is correct….Time will tell. Loggerhead   UPDATE: Nest #11 Was determined no eggs. False crawl. Washed out by…