Nest # 34 was found in Zone 3. Master prober, Ken Wright ably assisted by Bonnie, Dick Geier, & Don Gregory. 107 eggs found and relocated within Zone 3.
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By: TurtleBuddy | Date: Jun 15, 2010 | update tues 6/15 |
nest 33 today in zone 6 . plus 4 more non nesting crawls. 3 in zone 2 "followed" turtle south in zone 2 . she come back tonite or tomm night depends how tired she is from her 3 crawls. first crawl she hit the old campground road, last two crawls she hit trees. |
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By: TurtleBuddy | Date: Jun 14, 2010 | busy day ahead for tues and wed |
five non nesting crawls this morning . at least two turtles tried to nest last night.each of the crawls were just exploratory(short). So Tues n Wed groups lucky you. |
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By: Cyndi | Date: Jun 13, 2010 | Nest #32 Moved |
Nice crawl 300 yds south of #31 in Zone 4 turned out to be Nest #32. It took 3 probers, but we found it, and since Momma didn't get up the berm, we moved it to the dunes further north. 120 eggs. |
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By: Diane | Date: Jun 13, 2010 | Ravaging Raccoon can't get 'em all/Nest #31 |
We found nest #31 about half way down section 4 near the first cabin. Although it was heavily predated by a very large raccoon (based on track size) who had been checking out all the cages along our route, we found undisturbed eggs at the bottom of the nest. Cleaned out the shells and a few yolks and decided to leave what was left of the nest where it was, nestled in a dune. The rest of the team moved on to check the rest of the section while 2 of my tag-along neighbors and I dug the trench and fitted the cage. The traveling team found nest 32, also on 4. I know it was moved but someone else will have to blog the details. My neighbors were so excited, they're ready to retire, move here full-time and join FOHI. |
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By: TurtleBuddy | Date: Jun 13, 2010 | nest #30 |
no nothing saved in nest #30. nest completly lost. 4th nest this season totally lost to predators. |
anything at all saved in nest #30? |
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By: MaryAnn | Date: Jun 12, 2010 | SATURDAY PATROL |
The Saturday team was busy with a false crawl in Zone 1 and a nest in zone 4. Unfortunately, the nest was ravaged by raccoons. |
watching from afar. Exciting week. Keep 'em coming Saturday team!! |
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By: TurtleBuddy | Date: Jun 11, 2010 | update june 11 |
nest #28 zone 3
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That's right Bonnie! We want to hear the news. We love Buddy's updates but would love to hear from the rest of the teams. Save some nest for us in a couple of weeks ! |
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By: TurtleBuddy | Date: Jun 10, 2010 | raccoons strike back with ferocity |
raccoons retake the probing lead from Karen. but they work for eggs an are not volunteers. both nests today #26 and #27 depredated 108 eggs lost but 95 saved between the 2 nests.
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Finally!! Wacky Wednesday strikes!! We got our first nest in Zone 2; prober was Trudy Flanagan, ably assisted by Sue Cheatham, Pat Leber & Barbara Weitfield.
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By: Bonnie | Date: Jun 8, 2010 | Whoray! - first every leatherback nest on HI |
Hey yall how come buddy is doing so much of the blogging??? Come on folks.... we should have at least one blogger from each team for every day or at least one person from each day. Your fellow turtlers are anxious to hear the daily activities. Folks all over the country are hooked on our turtle blog. Let them share in your excitement. |
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By: TurtleBuddy | Date: Jun 8, 2010 | WHOA MOMMA BIG!!!! SUPRISE |
tuesday had busy day and BIG!!!!!!! suprise 4 nests an nest 21 first of the day was not laid by a loggerhead watch here for AWESOME crawl pics.
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By: TurtleBuddy | Date: Jun 7, 2010 | update June 6 |
nest #20 was found in zone 4 today . We got nest 20 on June 5 of last year FYI |
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By: lolita | Date: Jun 7, 2010 | keeping count |
Hey Buddy, nest 16, on June 1...did you find that or did one of the Tuesday teams find it? |
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By: Jen M | Date: Jun 7, 2010 | Crazy Crawl |
No luck on the crazy crawl in Zone 4 - Lauren and Karen joined us and we probed and dug in all three locations without any luck. Something must have really annoyed her because is was clear she wanted to nest! |
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By: Diane | Date: Jun 6, 2010 | Another busy Sunday - #18 |
We left #18 in situ nicely tucked into a dune just south of the bathhouse on 4. Mama was even good enough to deposit her eggs within easy distance of a waiting cage. Not so our next crawl. Nest Notes will have to wait for Charlie or Laurel or Jen, for the tale of the third nest or lack of one. Charlie probed all 3 body pits and was on his second round.
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By: Roberta Gunderson | Date: Jun 6, 2010 | Stumpy returns! |
Our Sunday C team found a beautiful nest (#19) in zone #3 dug by the famous Stumpy exactly 14 days since her last nest. The nest was just above the storm tide line, but since Stumpy lays shallow nests, we decided to move it higher behind a dune. We moved 111 eggs. Stumpy broke a few during her efforts. Good teamwork by Denise Moore and Gerry Mueller and of course Buddy. |
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