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Category Archives: Sept 2015

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Orange Beach – H-9 activity & H-10 Tarp

Sept 27th H-9 (Day 58) remains active. Thanks to our volunteers for coming out last night for the turtles, for Jerrie and for the FreshAirFamily group. We had 3 families with 5 children eager to hear about sea turtles. Jerrie enjoyed her birthday educating the families and sharing her famous turtle cookies with everyone! H10…

September 29, 2015Leave a commentEducation, Orange Beach, Sept 2015By admin

Alabama Point Updates

Sept 26th – I-7 thru I-11

Good day,

I-7 is closed with a hatch of 81.6%.
 
I-8 is awake and being monitored closely.
 
I-9 is quiet as well as I-10 & I-11.
 

Dance! 

Turtle Mom
September 29, 2015Leave a commentAlabama Point, Excavations, Hatchings, Sept 2015By admin

Orange Beach nest updates

Sept 26th – H-8 Excavation H8 produced 4 more babies last night!!! This was a great nest with 110/113 hatching. 2 infertile, 1 dead pipped. Tina  spent many hours/all nighters listening to these four so it was only fitting that she rescue them at excavation!!! Great job Tina – Thank you!! Big thank you to…

September 29, 2015Leave a commentEducation, Excavations, Orange Beach, Sept 2015By admin

Alabama Point Nest updates

Sept 23rd   I-7 day 62   Three little hatchlings broke free of the sand around 7:30 last night. Mary saw them safely to the water in the silver moonlight. All quiet this morning.   I-8 day 60   All quiet.   I-9, I-10 & I-11   Will be tarped tomorrow (9/24).   Dance! Turtle…

September 29, 2015Leave a commentAlabama Point, Hatchings, Sept 2015By admin

Dauphin Island Nest updates

Sept 4 – Updates Hey Team! I’m a little behind, but we are officially finished with patrolling for the season! Current nest count for Dauphin Island stands at 18! Another false crawl turned out to contain eggs, unfortunately found after the area was predated. Based on the false crawl data, it should be at roughly…

September 29, 2015Leave a commentDauphin Island, Education, Excavations, Sept 2015, Share the BeachBy admin

Orange Beach Happenings – Catching up on H-5 thru H-8

August 30 — H-5 Hatches!!! Hooray!! H5 hatched last night (Aug 29th) at 10:20 pm. Lance’s nest produced 48/90 eager and well behaved hatchlings. Of course the awesome full moon helped to overpower the condo lights so most crawled straight to the gulf without looking back. Lance Jr. (First hatchling out) proudly led his brothers…

September 25, 2015Leave a commentExcavations, Hatchings, Orange Beach, Sept 2015By admin

Ft Morgan Nest Happenings

Sept 1 — A-35 & A-36 A35 at Surfside hatched on day 55 shortly after tarping. It is really close to the Nash’s home and they are monitoring and said they are ok without nest sitters.   […clip] A36 at the Dunes is being monitored by Marci and she is hearing some noise and expects it…

September 22, 2015Leave a commentFort Morgan, Hatchings, Sept 2015By admin

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
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