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Category Archives: August 2015

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Alabama Point Happenings – some good, some not

August 28th (some good news)- Good day,   At late check last night we were able to witness a “boil” on I-3!  Rick spotted a depression and within minutes 120 hatchlings emerged in the silver moonlight. We are hearing no more sounds, but will monitor closely.Thanks, team for a job well done! Each of you…

September 21, 2015Leave a commentAlabama Point, August 2015, Education, Excavations, Hatchings, Sept 2015By admin

I-2 – A march to the sea

We have been monitoring three nests closely. After the sudden storm yesterday, Donna checked the nests. All was  ok.  I went to do a mid-afternoon check around three and found a big sinkhole at I-2.  I stayed at the nest and around 5:30 Susie came.  I had dug the trench and all was ready for…

August 23, 2015Leave a commentAlabama Point, August 2015, HatchingsBy admin

2015 Patrol Season almost done

So here we are 8 days from the end of morning patrols for the year.  102 nests are on the books.  No new nests have been found since A-44 on the 6th, 17 days ago.  I am thinking we are about done though they are getting a few nests down the panhandle. There was a…

August 23, 2015Leave a commentAugust 2015, Share the BeachBy admin

Interesting Morning on Alabama Point

Happy Thursday,   I headed out at barely light today. No crawls were found. I-2 had a HUGE ghost crab hole. I found him (he must have been on steroids) and he is no longer a threat. No sound on any of the three nests. Two water spouts, a rainbow, and a soft gentle rain…

August 20, 2015Leave a commentAlabama Point, August 2015, Share the BeachBy admin

Updates from Dauphin Island

Hi everyone, Quick updates… We excavated J-2 yesterday (8/18). The entire nest proved to be infertile. It was a bit odd, but not entirely uncommon. J-8 proved to be far more exciting. We found 17 hatchlings when we dug into the nest. We came across another one still coming out of its shell, which in…

August 20, 2015Leave a commentAugust 2015, Dauphin Island, Excavations, Hatchings, Share the BeachBy admin

Turtle Mania on the Fort

Last night (8/19) we headed out to tarp 2 nests on day 55 and went home with 2 hatchings. We tarped 1 nest which had an indention, left the nest coordinator, Donna there and headed to second nest. We walked up to find a big hole in the nest. When coordinator, Judy put the stethoscope…

August 20, 2015Leave a commentAugust 2015, Fort Morgan, Hatchings, Share the BeachBy admin

H-4 Tarping fun

The scheduled tarping of H-4 in Orange Beach at 5:30 yesterday (8/19) was met with a summer thunderstorm.  So we did the perfectly normal thing (for the Orange Beach team) and headed for shelter over to the Flying Harpoon 2 to ride out the storm. [Thanks to Mitzi and Travis for being great hosts] Before…

August 20, 2015Leave a commentAugust 2015, Orange Beach, Share the BeachBy admin

August beachings – or the Blue Meanies?

Today in Orange Beach there were hundreds of these bright blue button like “jellyfish” looking things on the beach and in the surf.  Visitors were asking what they were so we did some research.  It seems that the “Blue Button” is not actually a jellyfish at all, but rather a colony of hydroids. Most people…

August 19, 2015Leave a commentAugust 2015, EducationBy admin

H-2 Excavation

​H2 excavation was sadly completed with only 4 more hatchlings found for a total of 42 live hatchlings out of 145 eggs. 95 of the eggs were infertile, with he remaining 8 being dead embryos. Thanks to Mark, Tina. Jerrie, Lance, Sheree, Boyd, Michele, Rob, Jane, Norm, Erin, Penny, Cindy, Mary. A good time was…

August 18, 2015Leave a commentAugust 2015, Excavations, Orange Beach, Share the BeachBy admin

Excavations on Dauphin Island

Hey everyone! A reminder for tomorrow’s (8/18/15) plans: We are excavating J-2 AND J-8. J-2 is at day 75 tomorrow, and with no hatching activity, it’s time to go in. We will do this one at approximately 1:45 pm. Lynn Stewart, the marine bio teacher from Bryant High School, will also be there with her…

August 17, 2015Leave a commentAugust 2015, Dauphin Island, Education, Excavations, Share the BeachBy admin
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