Nest #2 and nest#3 we're located in Zone 3 on Saturday. Both nests were relocated to higher ground. Nest #3 had been depredated by a...

Ran into this storm cloud this morning in Zone 1. Thankfully the rain stayed offshore but we got hit with gale force wind that made...

The first nest of the season was found today ! Long time volunteer, and new prober this year, Viki found her very first nest and the...

As the turtle season continues to wind down.. there is less activity on the beach. Volunteers patrolled this morning monitoring the few...

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...

No new activity except a couple of surfers taking advantage of the weather. Inventoried nest 78. 111 eggs moved to a new nest, 12...

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...

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...

Vounteers Happiness is Successful Hatches!

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...

The hatching of our nests continue.... two nests were observed with hatchling tracks this morning. It was warm on the beach with no...

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...

I took a look at how our relocated nests are doing vs insitu nests in terms of emergence success. Emergence success (ES) measures how...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...