Wednesday is for turtles
It was a PERFECT morning on the beach.. the weather was cool.. and the bugs were no where to be found thanks to the breeze. As our turtle...
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FOHI Turtle Team
- Sep 15
- 1 min
Wednesday turtle report
Volunteers continue to monitor nests for hatching! It has been a record year for turtle nests all along the east coast. Seaturtle.org...
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FOHI Turtle Team
- Sep 6
- 1 min
Wednesday beach stroll
Another beautiful sunrise this morning on the beach ❤️ Hatching season continues and volunteers monitor the nests and look for tiny...
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FOHI Turtle Team
- Aug 23
- 1 min
Wind blown Wednesday 💨
Guess what the wind blew in? NEST #195 !! located in zone 2 and relocated to higher ground. Hatching continues on the beach with many...
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FOHI Turtle Team
- Aug 20
- 1 min
Sea Breeze and Sunny Sunday, August 20, 2023
Typical for the middle of August, Zones 1 -4 reported tracks of a few nest boils and other minor activity.
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Beth Briggs Glass
- Aug 10
- 1 min
Data Czar Deliberations
In 2023, we are now at day (192 nests) 92 of the nesting season vs 93 days for the complete 2022 season, and the 2023 season may not be...
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FOHI Turtle Team
- Aug 10
- 1 min
Wednesday weigh in
Another beautiful sunrise on the beach for Turtle Volunteers on Wednesday ! Volunteers found one non nesting crawl today .. the Momma...
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FOHI Turtle Team
- Aug 2
- 1 min
Happy Trails on Wednesday 🐢🐢
Today we had 5 nests hatch ! Just look at all those little tracks heading for the ocean! Good luck little ones ……………………… A beautiful...
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Beth Briggs Glass
- Jul 31
- 1 min
Inventory
A PUBLIC NEST INVENTORY will be held Wednesday, August 2, at 7 PM. Park at the lighthouse and go south (right); look for the volunteers...
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FOHI Turtle Team
- Jul 26
- 1 min
Hump day Hustle!
Today we had SEVEN nests hatch! - that's hundreds of baby turtles making a mad dash for the ocean - dodging predators, and navigating...
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FOHI Turtle Team
- Jul 23
- 1 min
Sunday Happy to Put Nest # 177 on Record
Zone 1 Nest # 177 was located along with a NNE Zone 2 One NNE Zone 3 One NNE and observed Nest # 16 had boiled. Also assisted a...
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FOHI Turtle Team
- Jul 19
- 1 min
smile because its Wednesday :)
AND WE HAD OUR FIRST HATCH OF THE SEASON! Nest #5 hatched in zone 4 Volunteers also reported: 2 NNC in Zone 4 2 NNC in Zone 3 Nest #174...
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Beth Briggs Glass
- Jul 17
- 1 min
Data Czar Deliberations
After this morning's (Monday 7/17) good "haul" on the beach of 4 nests, here is an update. Only 5 more nests needed by the sea turtles to...
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Beth Briggs Glass
- Jul 17
- 1 min
Just another manic Monday
4 nests today 🥳🎉 Nest 168 and 171 in Zone 2 169 in Zone 3 170 in Zone 5 (Little Hunting) All needed relocated as they were laid very...
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FOHI Turtle Team
- Jul 16
- 1 min
Sunday Zone 2 adds Nest 167
A beautiful morning with the only activity in Zone 2. Two NNE, and Nest #167. L. Sigafoos, July 16, 2023
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FOHI Turtle Team
- Jul 14
- 2 min
Deliberations from Data Czar
Attached is the latest update on how the 2023 nesting season is shaping up. BTW - no emergences have been reported statewide as of this...
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FOHI Turtle Team
- Jul 12
- 1 min
WE LOVE THE BEACH Wednesday!
Turtle volunteers started their morning with a beautiful sunrise.... Nest #155 was found in Zone 4 - sadly depredated by raccoons......
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FOHI Turtle Team
- Jul 10
- 1 min
More Deliberations from Data Czar
I looked at clutch counts over time in 2022. The first graph is all turtles (with a 15 day moving average) and in red are the clutch...
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FOHI Turtle Team
- Jul 10
- 1 min
Raining Monday update
Nest 149 in zone 3 Nest 150 and nest 151 in zone 2 NNC zone 1
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FOHI Turtle Team
- Jul 9
- 1 min
Deliberations from our Data Czar
It has been a busy 10 days on the Hunting Island beach for loggerheads - 37 nests over that period. Over the same 10 day period in 2022,...
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