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A-34 on the beach

They are back!!  After several days of no nests and multiple false crawls Ft Morgan finally got nest number 34 for the 2015 season on Wednesday July 1st!  She laid very close to the not yet high tide so we moved 114 eggs to safer ground.
THANKS TEAM!
DEBI & DEBBIE

July 2, 2015Leave a commentFort Morgan, July 2015By Blog Master
Jul22015

H-4 !!!

Jane found H-4 on Monday June 29th in section D. Moma T. came ashore and appeared to crawl parallel to water(crawl washed over) in front of loungers until she came to an opening and crawled between loungers ,10′ from  swash line and nested. Super high traffic area so she must have nested late morning after everyone was off the beach.…

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July 2, 2015Leave a commentJuly 2015, Orange BeachBy Blog Master
Jun292015

G-04 Nest News

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…

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June 29, 2015Leave a commentGulf State Park, June 2015By Blog Master

Crazy night on Ft Morgan

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…

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June 27, 2015Leave a commentFort Morgan, June 2015By Blog Master
Jun272015

Nest #2 on Alabama Point

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…

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June 27, 2015Leave a commentAlabama Point, June 2015By Blog Master

Nest! in Alabama Point….. finally

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…

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June 24, 2015Leave a commentAlabama Point, June 2015By Blog Master
Jun202015

EVENT to benefit Share the Beach TODAY! (6/20/2015)

PICK-UP THE PASS AT THE POINT (A GOODPEOPLE CLEAN THE BEACH EVENT) JUNE 20- SATURDAY Location: Alabama Point Time: 8:40am – 4:20pm Benefiting: Share the Beach www.alabamaseaturtles.com/   Carrying on the momentum from ‘The Floppers Ball’– 1,900+ lbs of canned food & $800+ in monetary donations was collected for the Bay Area Food Bank. (The…

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June 20, 2015Leave a commentShare the BeachBy Blog Master

More info on H-3 – The Morning after

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…

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June 18, 20152 CommentsJune 2015, Orange BeachBy Blog Master
Jun182015

WOW! Another night time Nest adventure in Orange Beach

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…

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June 18, 20151 CommentJune 2015, Orange BeachBy Blog Master
Jun162015

A Happy G-3 Turtle Day

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…

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June 16, 2015Leave a commentGulf State Park, June 2015By Blog Master
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