June 12 : From Jan (team leader) June 12, 2016 B11 track 32″, Tagged turtle #22, If my notes are correct. Tagged turtle #1 was our nest B8 on 6/4. These three tag groups have been busy with tagging 22 new turtles in 8 days. GSP had a nest also last night. The total…
June 12: from Peggy Lively (Alabama Point team leader) Greetings, Very early today as I was observing a rainbow over the bay, Jackie P called. She and Rick had found a crawl and thrown sand. I quickly texted Rosie to send the group text. I got to Regency Isle while Jackie & Rick finished…
I have been patrolling with the Ft Morgan Team some this year – Orange Beach is still my team and that will never change – So last Saturday morning (June 10) we headed out on the UTV and headed east a little before 6 am. Debi was driving, Ronnie riding shotgun and Dianna Black and…
June 7th: [From the ft Morgan Team Leaders] “WOW! We are off to an amazing start to turtle season. 8 nests in May, 7 of them from the 26th to the 29th. THEN 8 nests in 6 days so far in June. This total includes nests on the Refuge. Two of the nests are confirmed…
From Lisa (Team Leader): Just when I thought patrols would be cancelled, our outstanding team headed out in the non threatening rain and Jane called at 6:30 to report a nest at east end of section D. With the weather as it was I was already group texting with today’s crew so made the decision to…
From Jan (Team Leader): “Hello Team….. Tag team call @ 1 am – had turtle. Cathy E. and Kathy A. were called and met the team. Momma came right in nested and then took a 700 ft meandering stroll eastward before the team came upon her. She had been previously tagged with satellite in 2011…
From Lisa Graham (Team Leader): OMG! What a day after all! We cleared the beach by 6:30 am – good job team!! I was working for the city today and got a call from Ann McFadden. Ann was on our team few years ago and lives at SummerChase. Turns out the O’Brien family from St.Louis…
From Peggy Lively (Team Leader): A little after two p.m. , I received a call from Mike.The beach boy, Josh Nelson. spotted a Mama Kemp’s coming ashore [clip]. I very quickly called the team communicator to send a text. Ran to my jeep, which was loaded and ready since May 1. I parked and ran…
From Lisa (OB Team Leader): “Yippee we have H-3!! We are on a roll in OB! H-3 was found in section A-2. Actually Momma T. was spotted last night by the Scoggins Family from Alabaster. They called OBPD and I got the call about 10:07. Momma T. was gone by the time I arrived. We…
Wednesday and Thursday evenings were busy and exciting times for some visitors. Here is the news from Lisa Graham (our Team Leader) on the H-2 find: “Thanks to Rick Getsay, visitor from Nashville for running to the front desk at Phoenix 6(P6) for assistance with a sea turtle on the beach. P6 front desk called the hotline…
