Category: 2015 Nests

This is the beginning, wait until you get to the end. My gosh all of us on the beach this morning, are more than hot and tired. Nest #66 a Loggerhead in SeaCrest found by Wayne..7-09-2012 UPDATE: Nest #66 washed out in Hurricane Isaac

A Loggerhead found 7-7-2012 in Blue Mountain Beach, it is a very short part of beach and even though she nested in the toe of the dune, it is near the water. Notice the dune has been eroded by TS Debbie. Here are a few photos from nest 64, found by Richard and laid four…

This Loggerhead nest was found by TDC Ernie, thanks so much because the walker did not walk due to lightning and rain, 7-06-2012 UPDATE: Nest #62 Sometime durning Hurricane Isaac I got a phone call from the LifeGuards near our nest #62, didn’t know the nest number at the time. They were finding washing eggs,…

Found by the TDC driver this morning after all the lightening! Thank you TDC! It is in Paradise by the Sea. Nice and high. Here we go, up to 70 or 80 nests? UPDATE: Nest #61 has hatched and was dug. it had water over it in Isaac 5 escaped from nest 76 were alive…

extra, extra, this is cause to celebrate, ON THE 4TH OF JULY, NEST #60 A LOGGERHEAD, our best total was 58 marked nests at the end of a season, now we have 60 on July 4 th, Oh, oh, oh, good going group. You should be very proud. UPDATE: Nest #60 This nest was found…

Nest #59 Blue Mountain Beach, a loggerhead, 07-03-2012 good work Richard UPDATE: Nest #59 73 escaped from nest 3 alive and released 2 non hatched eggs 78 total eggs 97% success

Nest #58 was found by Cathy in Alys Beach 7-01-12 UPDATE: Nest #58 was dug for evaluation but no eggs found and they were found when laid, so it was washed away with Isaac

Look what was found in Seagrove this morning, most of the tracks are walked all over, thanks to whomever put the tape around for us, This is nest #57 a Loggerhead and Congrats to Ann, and hold your breath, we also had nest #56 and 58, more info to come, this is way so cool…

Nest #56 Alys Beach, East end. Loggerhead came up way high. 7-1-2012 UPDATE: Nest #56 was dug for evaluation but no eggs found and they were found when laid, so it was washed away with Isaac

I thought everyone would love to see this, This is a maybe nest, I was called when some eggs were found washing durning TS Debbie, Karen went to investigate and never found anything, the next afternoon the chair person called to say some people told him that they had watched a sea turtle nest the…