The Gulf State Park Turtle Team gets nest number 4 of the season on Saturday June 27th. Congratulations to veteran turtlers Dee Horton, Glenda McCaleb and Pat Walls for finding the tracks and the nest. After an exhausting search, Suzanne Pendley found the eggs and we began relocating the nest. Momma turtle was in a…
Fort Morgan was the place to be for turtles last night (6/25). We had A-32. Patrol was Ally, Diane P, Kelly and Nancy. Meanwhile BNWR (Bon Secour Wildlife Refuge)got a call about an injured turtle. The team of Donna & David, Matt, and Jackie went to the rescue. She had an injured flipper and (after…
Greetings from Paradise! Big Mama visited us last night (6/26). As I approached I saw a huge crawl (38″) with meandering loops. WOW! Mama went way up on the beach and created quite a beautiful abstract drawing. She had thrown sand over one of her loops—I knew we had a possible nest. Thanks George…
Good afternoon! About 5:40 am Ellen & Beverly called in a false crawl between Middle and short boardwalks. It was raining and the lightening was very visible. I checked it out and deemed false crawl #2. It was the same width as the one on June 5th. I went home and attempted to dry…
More pics of H-3. As you can see she was at water’s edge. Also, we had a little trouble this am. Here we have Paula Long, newbie after patrolling A-1 being hauled off the beach by our own Travis Long (no relation-we think). Actually, Paula fell this morning as she was patrolling with excitement to get…
OMG! What a night. I got a call from Orange Beach Police Dept at 10:12 tonight (6/17) that a turtle was reported on the beach trying to get up the 5′ escarpment near the jetties in section A-1. I arrived about 10:30 pm to find Moma Turtle nesting below the escarpment barely 2′ from the…
Happy G-3 Turtle Day, Flag Day and US Army Birthday Gulf State Park gets their third nest of the season on June 14th. Leave it to veteran turtlers Hap n Hanna Habisreitinger to find the tracks on this memorable day, and 7 year veteran Frank Whitman to find the eggs for his first time. Boy…
Whoo Hoo!! We are back in action in OB!! Visitors (Jeremy & Ally) were strolling the beach last night (June 15th) before heading back to Illinois today. At first they thought there was a dead body floating in (funny what a dark night on the beach does to your mind) but they then realized it was a BIG…
Ft Morgan and the Bon Secur Wildlife Refuge continue to rack up an incredible number of sea turtle nests this season. During the past 14 days (June 2nd – June 15th) there have only been 2 days where no nests were located. During an incredible 6 consecutive days there were 8 new nests discovered. The…
Kristen and her awesome USGS team had a busy night. 2 false crawls and 2 nests last night (June 8th/9th). A14 produced 120 eggs. Rick, Barb, Ally worked the nest. This momma turtle was named Stella. A15 produced 123 eggs and her name is Lola. Jackie, Glen, Matthew , Judy were on patrol and worked…
