Year: 2011

a loggerhead was found by Mike Opar near WhiteCLiffs, goo job Mike and good day for us! UPDATE: Nest #6 78 escaped from the nest 5 alaive in nest and released 3 dead in nest 4 dead pipped 1 no obvious embryo 91% hatching success

THIS IS SO EXCITING, LAST NIGHT ABOUT 11:30 I GOT A CALL FROM DEPUTY KEITH WHO WAS ON THE BEACH WITH NIGHT VISON CAMERA AND VISION AND SAW THIS WONDERFUL LOGGERHEAD NESTING AND CALLED ME, AS THERE WERE NOT MANY PEOPLE AROUND WE DID NOT GO AND LEFT HER ALONE TO DO HER THING.  KEITH…

Nest #4 is in Sea Breeze UPDATE: Nest #4 4 escaped from nest 96 were alive in nest and released, not sure why they did not get out 15 had no obvious embryo 3 dead embryos total 118 eggs 85% hatching success

Nest #3 is also a Loggerhead found by Al Murphy in SeaCrest.   UPDATE: Nest #3 73 escaped from the nest 28 were alive in nest and released 1 egg had no obvious embryo 2 dead embryos total 104 eggs 97% hatching success

SEA TURTLE NEST ARE BIG NEWS HERE IN WALTON COUNTY, ON THIS NEST WE HAD HELP FROM OUR SHERIFF DEPT. AS WITH NEST ONE IT IS A LOGGERHEAD. IN BACK OF THE SANTA ROSA BEACH CLUB.   UPDATE: Nest #2 has shown signs of hatching for days and we were not sure it had not…

A slow start for 2011, 5 false crawls and this is nest #1 beachside by the main postoffice walkover in Rosemary Beach, REMEMBER NO FIRES NEAR A SEA TURTLE NEST.   UPDATE: Nest #1 125 escaped from nest 9 had no obvious 1 dead embryo 93% hatching success