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We are getting down to the end of the season. As we all know things go in cycles, so 128 nests compared with a average 0f 157 nests the...
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FOHI Turtle Team
- Sep 6
- 1 min
It’s Loggerhead Friday again.
No new activity except a couple of surfers taking advantage of the weather. Inventoried nest 78. 111 eggs moved to a new nest, 12...
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FOHI Turtle Team
- Sep 5
- 2 min
First DNA Results Back for 2024 - Wandering Soul
So far there are 12 eggs analyzed for DNA from the 2024 season on HI. There are still over 50 left unanalyzed from 2023. On a July 28th...
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FOHI Turtle Team
- Sep 4
- 1 min
On Wednesday we wear green
Turtle patrol was out on the beach this morning checking nests… it was a breezy cool morning with some rough surf! A couple of surfers...
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FOHI Turtle Team
- Sep 1
- 1 min
Sunday, Sunday, Tracking the Tracks
Vounteers Happiness is Successful Hatches!
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FOHI Turtle Team
- Aug 30
- 1 min
Loggerheads in Paradise.
Friday morning, hot, buggy and no breeze. View from the top of the Harbor River Bridge. It was quiet on the beach this morning, even...
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FOHI Turtle Team
- Aug 28
- 1 min
Wednesday Walk
The hatching of our nests continue.... two nests were observed with hatchling tracks this morning. It was warm on the beach with no...
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FOHI Turtle Team
- Aug 26
- 2 min
Our Low Reaches a New High
Now that the 2024 sea turtle nesting season has been called (ended) on Hunting Island, let’s look back historically to 1981. We have 43...
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FOHI Turtle Team
- Aug 18
- 1 min
Hatching Success
I took a look at how our relocated nests are doing vs insitu nests in terms of emergence success. Emergence success (ES) measures how...
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FOHI Turtle Team
- Aug 16
- 1 min
Friday Frolics.
Beautiful sunrise as we start up Zone 1. Moderate temps, low humidity and a light north breeze made for an enjoyable walk on the beach....
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FOHI Turtle Team
- Aug 14
- 1 min
Beach days are the best days!
A nice morning on the beach today! Overcast skies and a breeze made it more comfortable. We had another nest hatch in zone 2… Look...
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FOHI Turtle Team
- Aug 2
- 3 min
DNA and New Recruits
Let’s look at what I call “new recruits”, or mother sea turtles that laid a nest for their first time. I didn’t consider the DNA results...
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FOHI Turtle Team
- Aug 2
- 1 min
Hot and Muggy Friday.
After a beautiful sunrise viewed from the top of the Harbor River bridge We started a hot and muggy walk on the beach. The only activity...
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FOHI Turtle Team
- Jul 28
- 4 min
Time for 1st DNA Dive - Unique Females
Spent some time looking at DNA. Here is edition 1. Some Background - DNA analysis of sea turtle tests on HI began in 2010. The first...
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FOHI Turtle Team
- Jul 28
- 1 min
Nesting Winding Down, Hatchings on the Rise
Not the end of nesting season yet, but it seems to be getting close. Buddy will make the official call on that. We have been holding at...
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FOHI Turtle Team
- Jul 26
- 1 min
Another slow Friday.
No new nest, but some activity. Zone 2, nest 45 had a hole and two depressions but no tracks, Zone 3, nest 37 hatched but no tracks and...
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