Category: New Nests

Nest 14 found by Matt in the Miramar Beach area. This poor sea turtle almost fell in a hole on her way to find a place where she could safely nest. UPDATE! Nest #14 has hatched and been evaluated 79 escaped from nest 3 had no embryo development 82 total eggs 96% success.

Nest 13 found by Karen and Kevin in the Fort Panic area. UPDATE: Nest # 13 has hatched and been evaluated 73 escaped from nest 48 were alive and released–a large number and we don’t know why heavy sand maybe? 4 hatched but dead in nest 11 eggs had no obvious embryo 136 total eggs

Walkers examine where a sea turtle came up in Inlet Beach to lay her eggs at nest 12. For the second day in a row the sea turtle that nested in this area walked about 600 feet to the east while attempting to return to the water. It was determined both were being drawn away…

Finding and marking nests is not all fun. Walkers work to document nest 11 as high winds and rain move into Inlet Beach where the nest was located. Here they take measurements from the water to the nest. Note the sea turtle track shows the turtle just missed a cabana tent that was left out…

Nest 10 found in the Alys Beach area. UPDATE!! Nest #10 the eggs were never found when this nest was marked and we could not find any eggs to evaluate so we are making this nest a false crawl

Nest 9 found by Valerie in Seacrest Beach. The loggerhead came within 4 feet of 2 vendor boxes, which were sitting side by side. UPDATE 8/21/2013 Nest #9 must have hatched and we did not know it, here is the results 16 escaped 6 dead pipped 95 no development 117 total eggs 14 % Ugh,…

Johndra marks nest 8 that was found by Richard in the Blue Mountain Beach area. UPDATE 7/19/2013 This is our nest at Sandestin, This happens every time we have a nest there, They pull up stakes, walk through it, thrown things into it, and on and on. So far this is the second time we…

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.