Month: June 2009

Nest #12 was found 6/17/09 by Charlie a Loggerhead at Sunset Beach his second of the day, he now has found 4 nests.  This nest was below the rack line and moved up by Charlie, Val and Joe.  Val had a very busy morning with 3 nests and 1 false crawl. Go turtles go. UPDATE!!…

False Crawl #5 was found today by Wayne in front of Barbara Jackson House where there are geotubes which were to be removed.  The tubes are only 4 inches under the sand and her flippers dug down to there and then then false crawled. Loggerhead    

Nest #11 was found by Wayne 6/17/09 and moved by Wayne, Val, and Tobias, below rack line again west of Pompano Street in Inlet Beach, loggerhead UPDATE!! 66 escaped 25 alive in nest and released 100% success

Charlie the lucky stiff found another nest #10 Loggerhead at Sunrise beach, below low rack line so it was moved, 6/17/09 Alys Beach Area. UPDATE!! 46 alive and released 4 live piped27 no obvious 65 % success

Loggerhead found by Bev front of Costa Del Sole 6/17/09, poor Mommy came in up a 3 foot escarpment, through the gazebo with no top up another embankment of 5 feet and almost onto a deck were there must have been people and she turned around and came back to the water.  When will Walton…

Nest #9 was also found 6/14/09 a loggerhead, left in place in front of Adagio in Blue Mountain Beach by Mike…Ok now it in my areas turn, come on in Momma Sea Turtles. UPDATE!! Nest #9 hatched in 66 days 52 escaped 1  alive and released 23 no obvious 76 total eggs 70 % success

Nest #8 was found by Julie and Lee Wilcox  by the Pelican Circle walkover in Seacrest a loggerhead, left in place. You’ll notice in one photo, there is a splash of quite a bit of water with a little June grass and there was a shrimp like creature there as well….still alive!  Could have come…

Nest #7 was found 6/14/09 by Anthony a loggerhead it was below high tide line and moved.  This nest is by the last house in Stallworth Preserve. Note in this picture of #7 that it looks as if someone watched her nest and then put seaweed around the nest so we would not miss it.…

This is a picture of false crawl #2 she sure wanted to nest, false crawl #3 was about 200 yards east and was an in and out.

These are picture of false crawl #1 for the year, found by Joe Burton 6/06/09 a loggerhead, she came in to nest but then just send back out. Frank found 2 Loggerhead false crawls 6/06/09 also, I hope they both nested other places