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Wednesday Turtle Tidbit
It was a cloudy (and a bit cooler) morning on the beach …. No new nests … but we had two nests hatch. It was low tide and we saw lots of...

FOHI Turtle Team
Aug 17, 20221 min read
Public inventory
A PUBLIC NEST INVENTORY will be held on North Beach just north of the lighthouse on Wenesday, August 17 at 7 PM. Children welcome!

FOHI Turtle Team
Aug 15, 20221 min read
Friday Patrol
Breezy morning no new nests. Inventoried #38 and #39 overdue hatch dates.

FOHI Turtle Team
Aug 12, 20221 min read


Wednesday Turtle Team
It was a great morning on the beach ~ we didn’t have any new nests - but we had 4 nests hatch ! Nest #’s 76, 79, 82, & 86…. 🐢🐢🐢...

FOHI Turtle Team
Aug 10, 20221 min read
Friday Patrol
Nest # 173 in Zone 3 today. Located right up next to the wrack. No hatches detected. All other Zones clear.

FOHI Turtle Team
Aug 5, 20221 min read


Wednesday wanderings….
The nesting season may have slowed down… but we aren’t done just yet!! Nest #172 was located in zone 5, along with a NNC. We had nest #62...

FOHI Turtle Team
Aug 3, 20221 min read
Public Nest Inventory
ANNOUNCING! PUBLIC NEST INVENTORY will be held Tuesday at 7PM on South Beach. Nest 57 will be inventoried. Please park in the middle...

FOHI Turtle Team
Jul 31, 20221 min read
Two Nests today.
Nest #169 was located in Zone 1 and moved back to higher ground away from any future King Tides activity. Nest #170 also moved to the top...

FOHI Turtle Team
Jul 29, 20221 min read


Wednesday was wonderful!
The mommma turtles are still coming ashore and laying nests! They are not done just yet! Today we had nest #167 in zone 2 , and nest...

FOHI Turtle Team
Jul 27, 20221 min read


Just past mid-season ...
It's almost August and the long, hot days of summer have set in ... and the loggerhead mommas are still crawling and nesting and the...

FOHI Turtle Team
Jul 27, 20221 min read
Public Nest Inventories!
Announcing: PUBLIC NEST INVENTORY! Our next evening inventories will take place on Monday, July 25th starting at 7pm on North Beach....

FOHI Turtle Team
Jul 23, 20221 min read


Wednesday for the win ! 159 nests!!
Nest #158 was found in zone 3, Nest #159 in zone 4…. We also had 4 nests hatch last night ~ nest numbers 21, 23, 28, and 31. There are...

FOHI Turtle Team
Jul 20, 20221 min read


All time record broken - Nest #157
It's official - this year is a banner year for nesting on Hunting Island. The terrific Tuesday turtlers were lucky with nest #157 this...

FOHI Turtle Team
Jul 19, 20221 min read
Public Inventory
ANNOUNCING! Our first public inventory of the year! July 18th at 7:30 PM, just north of the lighthouse (please park in the lighthouse...

FOHI Turtle Team
Jul 16, 20221 min read
655.6ft NNC crawl in Zone 1 today
Zone- 1 # 153, Zone 2, Nests #148 &151 Zone 3, Nests #149 & 152, Zone 4/5 Nest # 150. 6 Nests, 10 NNC's, 3 Hatched Nests #8,9 &12.

FOHI Turtle Team
Jul 15, 20221 min read


It’s already Wednesday ! 🐢
Almost all the action on the beach today was in Zone 2… nest #145 and nest #146 were found. Both nests were relocated to higher ground. ...

FOHI Turtle Team
Jul 13, 20221 min read


One Nest (#144) and one boil (#11)
The terrific Tuesday Turtle team had one new nest - #144 in zone 2, and one boil - #11.

FOHI Turtle Team
Jul 12, 20221 min read


Signs of a Boil and 3 Nests for a Super Sunday!
Z4 Starts the day with a depression indicating a boil occurred in Nest # 6 with many tracks leading to the Sea. Nest # 140 located, left...

FOHI Turtle Team
Jul 10, 20221 min read
Nest # 135 today
A very quiet day in Zone 1 clear, NNC in Zone 2, surprise in Zone 3 Nest #135, Zone 4,5 & 6 clear.

FOHI Turtle Team
Jul 8, 20221 min read


Hot and steamy morning….
The momma turtles were back in action last night. The turtle team battled the heat and we had Zone 2 with two nests. One nest lost some...

FOHI Turtle Team
Jul 6, 20221 min read
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