Category: 2015 Nests

Nest 7 found by Jennifer in Rosemary Beach. UPDATE!! 14 escaped from nest 89 we alive in nest and released 5 were hatched but dead in nest 6 were live piped eggs 114 total eggs 96% success

Nest 6 found at the west end of the county. Another Loggerhead nest. UPDATE!! Nest 6 We could not find the eggs in nest #6 so we will have to call this one a false crawl

Beautiful nest 5 found in Seacrest near Alys Beach. Another Loggerhead nest. UPDATE!! dug at day 76, with all this rain it was a mess, we know the eggs were there but we could not find them. The area had water all the way up to top of nest from bottom. So no eggs found.

It’s a Loggerhead nest and was found near The Retreat. UPDATE! hatched but because of the rain we do not know when it has been evaluated 66 egg shell 3 infertile eggs Total 69 Eggs 95 % hatchling success

Nest number 3 was found in the Stallworth Lake area. UPDATE: Nest #3 39 escaped from nest 5 alive and released 1 dead pipped 60 infertile we have no idea why so many were not developed.

Nest number 2 was also found in the Seagrove Beach area. UPDATE!! Nest #2 dog and raccoon got into this nest, when we dug it we found 50 empty eggs and we do not know if the animals got them all or what. we found 17 undeveloped eggs 6 we know for sure were eaten…

On 5/20/13 we had our first nest in the Seagrove Beach area. UPDATE: Results from New #1 are 31 escaped from nest 9 alive in nest and released 2 dead pipped eggs 3 live pipped eggs 120 dead embryos I think the dead embryos were from the heavy rains and cool cloudy weather on July…

Nest #65 – Our wonderful Leatherback was found near Wall St. in Inlet beach this great Mama even dug up a loggerhead nest UPDATE: Nest #65 even being up so far had water over it and 106 non hatched eggs were found.

Nest #63 was found in Paradise by the Sea, it is a Loggerhead who came way up UPDATE: Nest #63 was washed away in Isaac

Nest #84 was found 7/20/2012 a Loggerhead in SeaCrest UPDATE: Nest #84