From Haley (Bon Secour NWR) June 11th Hey all! We got another nest on the refuge this morning along with two false crawls! The first false crawl looked suspiciously like a nest with thrown sand and trampled vegetation but we dug the whole mound up and found no eggs. The nest that was reported by…
DetailsGood Morning Turtlers, Another nest today for a total of 13 [… clip …] Nest # A-18 since the Refuge had 5 nests in addition to our teams before today. It was a beautiful day to be on the beach. The nest today belongs to Donyale and Jeff Rawson, even if USGS did locate it.…
DetailsH3 was found today! She had a 41″ crawl width. 124 eggs were relocated. We were told she was harassed which was probably why eggs were scattered just under sand before we found big clutch. 8 eggs broken. Our City night crew has been turtle dancing under the direction of turtle spotter Debbie Waldrop! She…
DetailsFrom Tina Scott – (Ft Morgan Team Leader) – June 10th I started today walking Rt 6 [subbing] for Amanda Atkins. All I could think about was how could I have missed that nest the other day. You might say I was looking for redemption and there it was. A crawl – although it was…
DetailsThis in From Haley again on June 9th……. Hey everyone! We got another nest on the refuge this morning (June 9th) which brings our total up to 5! [….. clip …] Today’s nest was [ in ] the Perdue unit and it did not need to be relocated. Thank you to Morgan and Diana for…
DetailsAnother late post from yours truly … someday I may actually catch up. This from Haley (Intern at Bon Secour NWR) from June 4th. ———————- Hey everyone! Today was the magic day! We found 1 false crawl and 2 nests on the Fort Morgan unit! The first nest was [… clip …] at the very…
DetailsFrom Peggy Lively (AP team leader) June 9th HAPPY, happy, day! I decided to sleep in today…..not to be. At 5:47 Susie called. She and Kaitlyn ( walking for the Elberta Crew) had a crawl all over the beach and going to the dunes. OH NO! Not a repeat of two days ago. Susie…
DetailsHAPPY, HAPPY, JOY, JOY!! East Beach got Nest #2 this morning! This nest was found by 2nd year vols, Beth & Butch. Great Job! […clip…] We sent out the Call-Em-All & eagerly watched the arrival of the “Sea of Green”. Thanks so much for your help: Steve, Linda Sc, Sherry & Donnie,…
DetailsFrom Peggy Lively (AP Team Leader) Good morning, As I was getting Linda & Steve’s Turtle shirts to them, they called and said they had a nest! I ran home and got the jeep with all the supplies and hurried to the beach in front of my condo. Rosie texted the team and the…
DetailsCan I get a do over? This was not my day at all. We got a call this morning telling us that the USGS tag team had found some nests in our area. They are unaware of our route breakdowns but we were told one was west of Beach Club (Rt 2)? The other was…
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