By: TurtleBuddy | Date: Aug 15, 2010 | update clarification

no leatherback nest has not hatched . it was nest 49 hatched fri night. caused the confusion. nest 45 zone 3 hatched on sun

By: Diane | Date: Aug 15, 2010 | All's Quiet

Small crew Sunday morning but no crawls all week, so a guess folks decided to sleep in. No activity on our part of the beach and we didn't hear of any before we left. One of our Sunday crew said the leatherback nest may have hatched a few days ago. Any verification?

By: TurtleBuddy | Date: Aug 14, 2010 | better late then never for a update

fri nests 57, 43 hatched
sat nests 49, 58 hatched

By: TurtleBuddy | Date: Aug 12, 2010 | life always finds a way

nest 108 was inventoried. if any recalls nest 108 was washed out. not washed over like these recent nests. this nest was plowed over, cage was knocked 15 ft behind nest. 6 to 8 inches of sand was swept off the beach around the nest. after much probing an GPS we found relocate the nest. no clear sign of emergence . so after 80 days we inventoried . 109 eggs unhatched 1 egg hatched . so one turtle survived an made it out of nest an to the water. also nest 63 hatched

By: Diane | Date: Aug 12, 2010 | Ducks limited

Lolita and Vicki Anne, Charleston has a rubber duck race for charity in June, so I imagine your ducks have drifted from there. Rubby Ducky, your the one...♪ ♪ ♫♫

By: Lolita | Date: Aug 12, 2010 | nesting ducks???

Vicki, you found my rubber ducky!! Just kidding..I think we found one last year...wonder if it's a season migrational episode?? the high tides are certainly causing havoc BUT the good thing is, the babies that do make it, SOMETIMES don't have so far to crawl...thanks for all you do to help get the message out that a clean beach is next to godliness!!
So are we still at 111 nests???

By: Vicki Anne Nestor | Date: Aug 12, 2010 | Litter Control Director

I, Vicki Anne, found a yellow rubber duckie in zone two today. It was behind all the beautiful downed trees between the bathhouse and the cut. It pays to pick up trash. Also, thank you turtle volunteers for all the trash you have picked up this season. The beach looks wonderful. Thank you for all your efforts.

By: TurtleBuddy | Date: Aug 11, 2010 | nest 41

nest 41 had hatched , but wind hid the hatching. raccoon decided to inventory nest for us, but forgot to tell us the results. perhaps they were too upset cuz didnt get any hatchlings.

By: TurtleBuddy | Date: Aug 10, 2010 | better word from me then none at all

nest 50 hatched no other activity

By: TurtleBuddy | Date: Aug 9, 2010 | close call

just got back from beach nest 38 hatched right before waves hit it . babies got out didnt have far to go to water.

By: TurtleBuddy | Date: Aug 9, 2010 | one two punch of moon and wind

nest 84 was completly lost last nite. washed away . monday team relocated 4 nests that had been washing away. nests were taken up to zone one next to nest 62.these nests may already be "lost" but atleast they have a chance, no matter how slim. storms and high tide are a part of nature. sea turtle have been dealing with for millions of years. this is why they lay so many nests. hopefuly higher tides will recede before we lose anymore nests.

By: TurtleBuddy | Date: Aug 8, 2010 | nest 39 zone 2

nest 39 got washed away . found the eggs an relocated them to zone one . nest to where nest 25 was.

By: Diane | Date: Aug 8, 2010 | A stroll on the beach

Nothing much going on for the Sunday crew. We're not used to a simple stroll down the beach. Nest 57 on section 4 has started to pip. Cyndi found one nest on 2, south of the cut, washed out, but I couldn't hear which one.

Found a couple Southern Moon jellies washed up on shore along with others. Tide was high and lots of surfers.

By: TurtleBuddy | Date: Aug 7, 2010 | nest 37 hatches

nest 37 hatched that is the nest located on the inlet side of the lagoon in zone 6 . all hatchlings appear to have made it to the water.

By: TurtleBuddy | Date: Aug 6, 2010 | turtles a poppin

nests 33,32,36 hatched in zone 4
nest 29 zone 3

By: TurtleBuddy | Date: Aug 5, 2010 | better add 111

nest 111 in zone 3 today

By: lolita | Date: Aug 5, 2010 | updated #s

Thanks for all the good data, you guys..can someone update the daily chart to 110?

By: Karen M | Date: Aug 5, 2010 | Inventory for Nest 25

Karen, Theresa, Vicki Ann and I inventoried nest 25 in zone 1 this morning. Total of 111 eggs - 9 unhatched, 102 hatched, and 1 dead baby in the nest - a good hatch! Thanks to the gentleman on sabbatical who has been walking with us these past weeks and helped us count the eggs (sorry I didn't get his first name. We also had a couple of false crawls - 1 in zone 3 and 1 in zone 5 or 6? So they are still out there...

By: Diane | Date: Aug 5, 2010 | Raccoon rage

Thanks, Buddy. Good to know the raccoon didn't get anything of value (but the cage).

By: turtlebuddy | Date: Aug 4, 2010 | questions questions and answers answers

stranded green was a female classifed as a juvanile. may guess is if she was human she be comparable to a 13 15 y.o. . nest 20 hatched all baby got to water . raccoon missed his supper / breakfast. made raccoon very mad he took out on cage. pissed off raccoon is a determine raccoon. worked at cage many places till he found a weak weld in wire . got half body into cage and destroyed all eggshells an any unhatched eggs. so at inventory nothin but torn tiny pieces. but no dead hatchlings so he left pissed off

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