June 23: From Joe Spafford (GSP TeamLead) Congratulations Shelli Chambley for finding nest G-5. We got the pictures just after 6 am this morning and headed down to section B to meet Shelli. Team Leader Denise Spafford started taking down the nest information and I got the one call out to the team. Caren Dixon,…
DetailsJune 23: From Peggy Lively (AP Team Lead) Happy, happy, day! What a night! Mike called a little after eleven p.m.. Tourist called in turtle on beach at Phoenix X! I called Rosie to alert team that wanted to be called, jumped in my jeep and headed to the beach. I walked all over…
DetailsJune 22: From Lisa G (OB Team Leader) Got a call from Mike at 3:16 am “Turtle on beach but gone back to water” followed up by a text (which I did not read – mistake) Got a text from LOF crew at 3:54 that a nest was spotted between loungers at Phoenix West. (Spotter…
DetailsJune 21: From Lisa G (OB Team Leader) Turtles are everywhere!!! Michele found H-7 this morning in section B. This was actually Michele’s first solo nest! She laid just at the foot of the loungers. After nesting Momma crawled back over the nest area which always makes for a challenge. We looked for quite some time and…
DetailsJune 17: from Jan (Laguna Key Team Leader) Hello Team, Got a text a 4:00 am “nest at […clip…]“. Rolled over and went back to sleep. Checked in with patrol, Richard was just walking up to the area. His comment, “This is a big pit, it’s going to be a BIG dig.” All Call sent.…
DetailsJune 17: From Lisa G (OB Team Leader) Actually got the call about 5:20am from Cathy with the night Cleanup LOF [Leave Only Footprints] crew. The loungers in the pics were placed there by the night crew for protection. It was a beautiful crawl in section B […clip…]. 42″ crawl width[…clip…]. This is a popular area this year…
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June 15: From Jan (Laguna Key Team Lead) Good Morning, Tag team reported turtle on the beach at 2:00 am Called Kathy A. and texted Matt B. Kathy arrived while Momma was still nesting. She was a good size gal. Track width was 39″, thought to weigh 250 lbs. Her rear left flipper had been…
DetailsJune 15: From Lisa G (OB Team Leader) Got excited this morning when Jenny called with a crawl and possible nest at Turquoise. There were a couple of suspicious areas in her crawl so [..clip..] we searched for a nest but no luck.A guest at Turquoise said he saw a lot of activity last night in…
DetailsJune 14: From Jan (Laguna Key Team Leader) Tag team tagged #28 last night in Laguna Key gated community. June 14 Nest #B12 for us. 36″ crawl […clip…].Momma turtle did not come in very far from tide pool area to lay her nest. Thinking she was scarred by flash picture that was posted on facebook.…
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