Nest # 17 located in Zone 2 along with a non-nesting crawl. Nest # 18 was located in Zone 4. Both nests were above the high tide line...

NNC in Zone 2

Nest 12 was found in Zone 2 and moved to higher ground. Nest 13 was found in Zone 1 and left in situ. All work was completed and we...

The morning started with an extra-long walk to zone 4 since the road to the south beach was closed for (much welcomed) paving ... and the...

No sea turtle activity was noted today There was a rescue however We had found a Royal Tern yesterday looking like a drowned rat....

The King High Tide was in coming and an onslaught of no-see-ums was waiting for us this morning along with an amazing 5 Sea Turtle Nests....

Zone 2 came to Z 3 to see all the action. Zone 1,2,4, 5 no activity.

Zone 2 had two Nests. Nest #2 possibly laid earlier, had predation 87 missing and 3 eggs survived. Zone 2 Nest #3 had 180 eggs all intact...

There was not any turtle activity today but, we did manage to save around 3,000 crabs. That's not a typo. At the cut for the lagoon in...

Sunday, May 8, 2022 A special day for Hunting Island State Park with our first nest of the season, Nest #1 on Mother's Day, located in...

by Tamala Conner It was a beautiful day to start Tuesday turtle patrols, and the windy conditions kept all the gnats and mosquitoes at...

There was a turtle found on the beach today albeit one of the plastic variety It was a beautiful morning on the beach despite the lack of...

Nests 119 and 125 hatched today

Nest 111 and 120 hatched. Nest 120 also had several babies poking their heads up and were released from their captivity, much to the...

No new hatching, but there were nest previously hatched that had more babies come out. One such nest had one lone baby make the trek to...

Nest 79 in Zone 2 and 85 in Zone 4 were found hatched today

The nest are popping open! For some reason the two babies that came out of nest #80 went the wrong direction and were found dead. Also...

Nests 66 and 74 hatched today

Saw no tracks around the nest but lots of human footprints. Standing behind the nest we saw 50-100 tracks in the area halfway between the...

Nests # 46, 47, 48, 50, 56, & 58 hatched. There was also a young man in Zone 1 that taught Emily and Cornelia how to catch ghost crabs...