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Month: July 2014

  • 2014: Nest #36

    Wow, I found my second loggerhead nest this morning, she had to come up over the escarpment and then nest and back down with a slide. Beautiful nest. We have a great group of folks to talk to and educate. Thanks to all and please spread the word. This is just off the Sand Trap…

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  • 2014: Nest #35

    Kelley Glover found nest #35 this morning, our 9th nest and Kelley’s 3rd, below 12 White Cliffs Crest, the 2nd house east of the Blue Lupine condos (this used to be called The Inn at Blue Mountain). It was a loggerhead nest. It is just one house to the east of the nest Kelley found…

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  • 2014: Nest #34

    Nest #34 was found 7-16-2014 by Anne 100 yds west of Beachfront Trail UPDATE!! Nest #34 was found 7-16-2014 by Anne Stuart in seagrove it has hatched and been evaluated escaped from nest 103 no development 7 total eggs 110 survival % 94%

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  • Sea Turtle Nesting Habitat Protection Map in Florida

  • U.S. declares ‘critical habitat’ protection for loggerhead turtles

    (Reuters) – The United States on Wednesday designated 685 miles (1,100 km) of beaches from Mississippi to North Carolina and 300,000 square miles (777,000 sq km) of ocean off the Gulf and Atlantic coasts as critical nesting and roaming habitat for threatened loggerhead sea turtles. The joint ruling by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration…

  • 2014: Nest #33

    This lady we think was trying to find a dark beach, our second nest in an area we don’t usually get a nest. a loggerhead nest in Grayton Beach 79 Lupine Rd. No bonfires any where is Grayton hurrah….Her eggs were under her outgoing crawl. UPDATE!! Nest #33 escaped 107 dead pipped 1 no development…

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  • 2014: Nest #32

    a loggerhead was found by Tosha at 179 Pelican Circle in SeaCrest UPDATE!! Nest #32 escaped from nest 117 alive and released 1 no development 11 total eggs 129 survival % 91%

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  • 2014: False Crawl #22

    false Crawl 22 was in Blue Mountain Beach a loggerhead The normal ratio of false crawls to nests is usually about half, but last year and this we are having way to may false crawls. I think it is because of the lights and people on the beach. We have 22 maybe 23 false crawls…

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  • 2014: Nest #31

    31 was 150 S. Winston Lanein Inlet Beach a loggerhead UPDATE!! Nest #31 escaped 147 alive and released 1 dead in nest 3 no development 3 total eggs 154 survival % 96%

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  • 2014: Nest #30

    30 was in front of the second house east of the Blue Lupine walkover in Blue Mountain Beach a loggerhead. UPDATE!! Nest #30 escaped 82 no development 2 total eggs 84 survival % 98%

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