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Sunday Morning Mama laying Nest #24, Simply the Best!
Zone 2, just after 6:30 AM, prober Stacie, the Hoffman's and the Flaim's came across this loggerhead mama leaving nest # 24 in the...

FOHI Turtle Team
May 28, 20231 min read


Sea La Vie 🌊
UPDATE : from FOHI Facebook page: “Nest 21 was found on Russ Point this afternoon by a fisherman, who reported it to the Nature Center. ...

FOHI Turtle Team
May 24, 20231 min read


Monday Mayhem
So today was incredibly difficult as far as finding nests went It was so windy that with the exception of one that still had the faint...

Beth Briggs Glass
May 22, 20231 min read


More Turtle Love for Hunting Island, 4 Nests & 6 NNC Sunday May 21, 2023
Zone 1 & 2 no activity Zone 3 - (Nest 13) Classic track differential and body pit. Nest was relocated above the high tide line. Zone 4...

FOHI Turtle Team
May 21, 20231 min read


Wise Words Wednesday
No turtle activity today on the beach. Volunteers reported picking up plastic and balloons. Plastic is dangerous to our sea turtles...

FOHI Turtle Team
May 17, 20231 min read


Data Czar Deliberations
This chart shows total nests on Hunting Island every year since 1982 vs the total nests those same years on the SC Index Beaches (see...

Beth Briggs Glass
May 15, 20232 min read


Monday Musings
Three nests were found today. One each in Zones 2, 3, and 4 bringing the total to 7. There was also a NNC in Zone 4

Beth Briggs Glass
May 15, 20231 min read


Wednesday Walk
No turtle activity today on the beach ~ The Nest count remains at 2. Maybe tomorrow we will get nest #3 ! Team A saw a few pairs of...

FOHI Turtle Team
May 10, 20231 min read


A little history and data
It was a quiet Monday on the beach with no activity so I thought that I would share a little bit of data that our Data Czar and my...

Beth Briggs Glass
May 8, 20231 min read


2023 Turtle Nesting Season is here!
The Wednesday Turtle Team met this morning for our first day of Volunteer duty. It was great to see familiar faces and some new faces as...

FOHI Turtle Team
May 3, 20231 min read


Wednesday wind down
There was no activity on the beach this morning. As of this morning there are 18 remaining nests to hatch. Volunteers were gifted with...

FOHI Turtle Team
Sep 21, 20221 min read
Inventory Announcement
ANNOUNCING a public nest inventory Wednesday, September 21 at 6 PM. Park in lot A and enter the beach, look south (right) for the...

FOHI Turtle Team
Sep 17, 20221 min read
Wednesday on a Thursday !
Late post... Wednesday was a quiet day on patrol …the weather was cool, low humidity, and a slight breeze.. After patrol volunteers...

FOHI Turtle Team
Sep 15, 20221 min read
Inventory Announcement
ANNOUNCING a public nest inventory! Wednesday, September 14 at 6 PM. Meet the volunteers on North Beach just south of the lighhouse...

FOHI Turtle Team
Sep 13, 20221 min read
Wednesday Turtle tidbit
One nest hatched … and a few tracks of some scouts spotted. 🐢 have a great week y’all & see you on the beach 🏖

FOHI Turtle Team
Sep 7, 20221 min read
Inventory Announcement
ANNOUNCING: a public nest inventory will be held Wednesday, September 7, at 6:30 PM. Please meet the volunteers on South Beach directly...

FOHI Turtle Team
Sep 6, 20221 min read
Wednesday Hatching
One nest hatched in Zone 4 on WED the 31.

FOHI Turtle Team
Sep 1, 20221 min read
Public Inventory
ANNOUNCING a public nest inventory on August 29 (Monday) at 6:30 PM. The nest to be inventoried is located just north of the lighthouse....

FOHI Turtle Team
Aug 28, 20221 min read


Hatch hatch baby! 🐢
It’s been two weeks with no new nests - so nesting season has officially come to a close. The mosquitoes were ferocious this morning -...

FOHI Turtle Team
Aug 24, 20221 min read


Giving Some ❤️
The Sunday Hunting Island Sea Patrol was rewarded in Zone 2 with a hatched nest of many tracks and a thank you! (Possibly from Nest #...

FOHI Turtle Team
Aug 21, 20221 min read
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