Year: 2012

#23 was found by Barbara her first in her 3rd year. Loggerhead, beautiful crawl the turtle came all the way up to dunes, Barb also found the eggs. Hurrah now the west end has 3 nests. Karen found a false crawl in sandestin also this moring, 6-08-2012 UPDATE: Nest #23 has hatched and was dug…

Nest #20 was found 06/05-2012 Sandestin Loggerhead UPDATE: Nest #20 was dug this morning early, this nest was a Loggerhead at Sandestin, and 102 eggs were found, these eggs never mormed, TS Debbie came over this nest, but we do not understand fully why these eggs did not develop.

#22 6-7-2012 Loggerhead, seagrove found by Joe UPDATE: Nest #22 had a large hole in it and was dug 105 were found alive in nest and released 16 were non hatched eggs 123 eggs total 85 % success

Pelican circle #21 6/06/12 UPDATE: Nest #21 96 escaped from nest 4 hatched but dead 1 dead pipped 15 non hatched eggs 116 total eggs 83% survival percentage

UPDATE: Nest #19 hatched 8/10 72 escaped 4 hatched but dead 3 dead pipped 13 unhatched 92 total eggs 78% survival

UPDATE: Nest #18 has hatched and been dug. 46 escaped from nest 3 alive in nest and released 63 non hatched eggs 112 total eggs 44% success

101 Eggs Turtle came up 33ft UPDATE: Nest #17 hatched 8/5 dug 8/8 92 escaped 9 whole eggs 101 total eggs 91% Success

Busy morning! Wayne found 2 nests and one false crawl…..Jennifer found a false crawl and 2 others at the other end, Joey and Dawn, each found nests! 4 nests in one morning! Photos here of nest 16. Both our nests were found in Alys Beach……you sure are missing a lot of action Al! Kate takes…

False crawl was in Inlet. It looked like a nest, but wasn’t. Nice crawl though! See the drag under her shell? Notice if you see that again on any of your tracks.