From Lisa Graham on Sunday, May 26th Yes!! Mike and Jen found H-1 in section C this morning. Momma T. crawled toward loungers and appeared to run into the corner of the lounger but crawled around it and nested next to the lounger in the middle of glass and cans. The loungers she ran into…
This from Lisa Graham (August 8th): H-3 update – 5 more babies emerged abt 10:00pm! Sad news is Mike checked H-3 at 5:00am to remove the cage and it appears someone tampered with the cage and it was not secure. 2 more babies emerged after Jen’s 2:30am check and crawled under cage straight to Escapes. We found 1 in their…
From Lisa Graham (OB Team Leader) – Aug 7th: H-2 – Madge, Brent and Twix arrived at H2 just before 6:00 pm to find a depression beginning to form and watched as the sand continued to fall about 3″. Flippers and heads were pulsating just under the sand ( tried to make another call but could not…
[From Lisa Graham – 5 Aug]: It was an exciting evening [Aug 4th] as Carol got to the nest about 6:40 and found 1 hatchling headed south just outside the barrier. The baby was escorted to the water by a nice size crowd with a little help around the obstructions/loungers. The 90 others at the top rested…
From Lisa Graham (OB Team Leader) – 21 July: We had lots of activity in OB last night!! About 11:15 pm LOF crew/turtle spotter/STB volunteer Debbie spotted Momma T in section D heading back to the water after crawling 180′ to the dunes. No sand on her was good sign she probably did not nest. Bonnie confirmed…
From Lisa Graham [OB Team Leader] – 13 July: The excitement continues in OB! Sari and Rhonda (newbies) found FC6 {…clip…} and then found H-8!!! Momma T was actually spotted by our LOF night crew about 10:00 pm. She was finishing up when I arrived. She was not tagged but she was a big Momma! Needless…
From Lisa Graham (OB Team Leader) – July 8th: Momma T. Finally decided to come to OB last night!! Guests at The Hampton Inn spotted her nesting and reported it to the front desk who called the hotline!! YaY! She was covering her nest when I arrived. She was not tagged but one of the…
This from Lisa Graham (OB Team Leader) The excitement continues with Tina and Leigh calling in crawl/possible nest in A2 at 5:39 am. I’m heading out and Janet calls in with dead turtle at PBR. My garage door broke, could not get my car loaded with supplies out so had to transfer across the street to…
From Lisa Graham (Orange Beach Team Leader) Nest on June 10th…. Another exciting morning started when Mike reported crawl/possible nest at 5:00 am. After seeing some thrown sand I was hopeful we had a nest but it was one she crawled over so pinpointing the nest was a challenge. Sorry to say I put everyone in…
From Lisa Graham (Orange Beach Team Leader)….. June 9th, 2018 YAY! What an exciting morning that actually started about 10:25 last night. A family from St. Louis spotted Momma T. coming in to nest. They googled and found the hotline! I got to the beach and she had finished dropping her eggs but the worn out Big…
