Category: 2015 Nests

yes, that is correct, Nest #97 at Sandestin hatched last night. Dawn found the tracks this morning on her walk. Nest #97 was in Sandestin and was laid June 30, 2012 and was false Crawl 23 I found this crawl and Dawn, Karen and I dug and dug and never found the eggs so we…

Can you believe this? Nest #96 was found today 8-19-2012 by Arlene, Wow, I thought we were done. So you see we still have to look for tracks, hatchling tracks, check nest, and on and on. Joe and gang can spend Thanksgiving watching this one hatch. On Seagrove, a Loggerhead She also found false crawl…

I am so happy, only 5 to go to reach 100. Nest #95 found by Joe at Seagrove Dunes 8-4-2012 UPDATE: Nest #95 washed out in Hurricane Isaac

Another story, As nest 9 had hatched 72 hours ago Karen and I were set to dig it after our walks, so Karen found a Loggerhead nest on this 8-03-2012 west of our Nest 9. So she had to pull up the stakes before we dug the nest so we would have stakes to mark…

wow, Nest #93 Loggerhead, Seaside 8-01-2012 UPDATE: Nest #93 75 escaped from nest 1 hatched but dead 4 non hatched eggs 95 % success

They are still coming, Nest #92 7-31-2012 west of Seagrove Villas, a loggerhead. Will me really have 100 so close UPDATE: Nest #92 washed out in Hurricane Isaac

ARE YOU READY FOR THIS, MY DREAMS CAME TRUE AND IN THE WEST END. YES OH, YES, A GREEN. CHECK THE TRACKS, AND I HAD THEM FIND THE EGGS, SEE HOW MUCH THEY HAD TO DIG. BETWEEN WHALES AND P. JOES. 7-29-2012 SORRY ERICA, NOT YESTERDAY. NOW SWTWG HAS HAD 4 OF THE 5 NESTING…

Can you believe it, we now have Nest #90 a Loggerhead, am I sad oh no, just wait for it, found 7-209-2012 by Joe in Seagrove UPDATE: Nest #90 80 escaped from nest 11 non hatched eggs 91 eggs total 88%

Nest #89 was found 7-25-2012 by Linda Smith as she was the turtle heading back to the water, this loggerhead came all the way up into the dunes, tried to nest, did not, then went half way back down, did a very sharp turn, cam back up almost to walkover, nested, we found the eggs,…

and coming, gosh, nest #88 Loggerhead 7-24-2012Seagrove Seagrove UPDATE: Nest #88 78 alive in nest and released 2 dead pipped 7 non hatched eggs 87 eggs total 90 % success