False Crawl #11 was found by Johndra on Blue Mountain Beach 6/29/09 a loggerhead see the picture it looks as if she really did start to nest, but they found no eggs and no much thrown sand and out she went.
Was found by Ramsgate in Sea Crest by Joe and marked by he and Charlie, 6/29/09 Loggerhead, left in place. UPDATE!! Nest #17 hatched on 8/30/09 at day 62 81 escaped from nest 12 no obvious 1 dead embryo 94 total eggs 86% success
This is what Anthony found this early a.m. When he walked and this is not caging but screening of a nest to keep out predators, and we hope it works.
False Crawl #9 6/25/09 she just could find a place.
False Crawls 9 and 10 were found today. Sharon got a call at 11:20 last night about a nesting sea turtle at Hidden Dunes in the West end. Well, Rachel and I went before 6 this morning and we could not see a track at all, a piece of yellow tape was around an area…
June 23,2009 we had a false crawl loggerhead near Walton Dunes in Seagrove found by Bobby and a Nest. #16 Found by Debbie, First year walking. This was a loggerhead nest and left in place and was in Gulf Trace near Grayton Beach State Park. UPDATE! NEST INVASION! UPDATE!! Nest #16 76 escaped 22 were…
Nest #15 was found by Bev, on left 6/22/09, a loggerhead, moved because it was in the tide line and the bottom of the nest was already in water. This nest was west of the open area west of Pompano Joe’s, in my West End….Hurrah. She had a bad back flipper, she came in and…
Nest #14 was found by Al 6/21/09 a loggerhead, green street in Sand Cliffs in Sea Crest Happy Fathers Day UPDATE!! Nest #14 hatched on 8/25/09 at day 65 89 escaped the nest 10 were found alive in nest and released 3 had no obvious 102 total eggs 97 % hatch success
False Crawl #7 was found 6/21/09 by Anthony, in Dune Allen, the 3rd house east in Vescia, a loggerhead, she body pitted and did not nest and has a bad flipper.
This was nest #13 and false crawl #6. I got a call from EMS saying that a many who lived there was very upset, and he did call me later, as people were taking flash pictures and shinning flash lights onto a sea turtle as she tried to come ashore. She turned and went back…