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FOHI Turtle Team
Jun 231 min read
Pouring Rain Sunday
Sargassum It was a rainy, windy walk on Hunting Island today. Lots of sargassum littered the shoreline and a NNE was located in Z6.
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FOHI Turtle Team
Jun 191 min read
Turtle in the purple
Nest #74 was found in Zone 4 today. No other activity on the beach. Momma turtles took a break last night! It was a windy morning on...
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FOHI Turtle Team
Jun 171 min read
Monday Blues
Lucky socks and all didn’t do it for us this morning. Just 1 false crawl (NNC) on Little Hunting Island - that’s it! A beautiful...
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FOHI Turtle Team
Jun 161 min read
Still Going Strong, Like All The Dads Out There
2024 is still showing strong nesting activity at 33 days in. Still ahead of the pace set during the 2022 and 2023 nesting seasons. We...
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FOHI Turtle Team
Jun 161 min read
Happy Father's Day to all, including Turtle dad's who are Huge Contributers to the Sea Turtle Project! 🐢
Sunday in the Park: Zone 1 Nest 67 and a NNE Zone 2 Nest 68 Zone 4 NNE No activity in Z3, Z5 and Z6 We are specially trained and...
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Beth Briggs Glass
Jun 151 min read
We need to do better to help preserve this beautiful place and the wildlife that inhabit it!
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Beth Briggs Glass
Jun 151 min read
Lots of Saturday activity
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FOHI Turtle Team
Jun 121 min read
Wednesday walk with the turtles
It was a beautiful morning on the beach! Nests 55 and 56 found in zone 2 , and nest 57 found in zone 4/5. All left in situ - momma...
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FOHI Turtle Team
Jun 101 min read
2024 - A Fast Paced Nesting Season
Today is the 27 days since the first sea turtle nest was laid on Hunting Island this year. We have now hit 53 nests - that’s more than...
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FOHI Turtle Team
Jun 91 min read
Sunny Sunday Nest 52
Zone 5, Little Hunting is where Nest #52 was located today. Zone 2 had a NNE. Not much of a differential in tracks. Looked like a...
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FOHI Turtle Team
Jun 31 min read
Lucky Socks Keep The Blues Rolling
Remember Maeneen’s lucky turtle socks? She had them on today. 5 nests and 1 non-nesting crawl. Zone 4 was busy today. About 2 weeks...
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FOHI Turtle Team
Jun 21 min read
A Cloudy, Breezy, Beautiful Sunday Morning adding Nest #37 to the count!
Zone 3 had a classic body pit, but layers of shells and a deep tube shaped chamber made for a challenging probe that succcessfuly...
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FOHI Turtle Team
May 311 min read
Frustrating Friday!
Spotted this great crawl and body pit in zone 4 this morning and was really excited as this was my first pit too prone. I probed the...
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FOHI Turtle Team
May 291 min read
#30 on Wednesday
This morning nest #30 was found in Zone 3. Turtle Fact: After mating, female turtles return to the beach where they were born to nest. ...
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FOHI Turtle Team
May 271 min read
Monday Blues Strike Again
We continued our streak on this Memorial Day with cooperation from the mother sea turtles. Zone 4 team arrived on the beach with excited...
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FOHI Turtle Team
May 261 min read
Sunday Nest 24, Nest 25 and NNE
Everything beautiful on this Memorial Day Weekend Sunrise in Zone 1 illuminated tracks that led to Nest 25 Zone 2 observed a staked tent...
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FOHI Turtle Team
May 241 min read
Friday Patrol
One false crawl in Zone 4. 1 nest in Zone 2 and a false crawl in Z2 but eggs dropped in surf leaving the beach. Must have been...
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FOHI Turtle Team
May 221 min read
Wednesday on the board today!
THREE nests today for our volunteers... bringing the total nest count so far to 20 ! Two nests in zone 2, along with a NNC. (The first...
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