top of page
Daily Nest Count
LOGGERHEAD BLOG
Search
FOHI Turtle Team
May 201 min read
HUGELY Busy Morning on the Beach
Perhaps not proper English, however you get the point. 5 loggerhead nests this morning - Zone 2 with 1, Z3 had 3 and Z4 also had 1. 2...
103 views3 comments
Beth Briggs Glass
May 171 min read
Video link
https://youtu.be/YpLDsiz6hcE?feature=shared There was also an impressive sunrise and sand castle on the beach today
30 views0 comments
Beth Briggs Glass
May 171 min read
Quite a sight and I feel lucky to have witnessed it!
We got a call about a large loggerhead at the breach just sitting and appearing to be stranded. We go down and sure enough, there was...
84 views0 comments
Beth Briggs Glass
May 152 min read
Please help us help the sea turtles!
A large percentage of sea turtles that are found deceased and have a necropsy done on them to discover cause of death, are found to have...
121 views2 comments
FOHI Turtle Team
May 151 min read
Rise and Shine
The sun was up, and so were we! Unfortunately, no turtle activity to report, keeping the nest count at 2. REMINDER: For the sake of...
41 views0 comments
FOHI Turtle Team
May 121 min read
Happy Mother's Day!
A beautiful sun rise, a beautiful walk! Hunting Island has had some nesting interest today with non-nesting crawls in zone 4 and zone 5.
36 views0 comments
FOHI Turtle Team
May 111 min read
TGIF!
The only activity on the beach this morning was 3 live horseshoe crabs in Zone 1 and a very aggressive ghost crab that came out of it’s...
16 views0 comments
FOHI Turtle Team
May 111 min read
No Reason to Despair
As of May 10th there hasn’t been a sea turtle crawl or nest on our favorite island. There is, however, no reason to despair. In 25 years...
33 views0 comments
FOHI Turtle Team
May 111 min read
TGIF!
The only activity we had this Friday was three live horseshoe crab in Zone 1 and a large aggressive ghost crab in Zone 4 that came out oh...
40 views0 comments
FOHI Turtle Team
May 81 min read
Protecting our Turtles
NO signs of Momma's today on the beach, but we know they are close! We even had a pair of Eagles on the lookout for them this morning......
37 views0 comments
FOHI Turtle Team
May 11 min read
Sea Turtle nesting season has officially begun!
Today marked the official start of sea turtle nesting season. Wednesday volunteers kicked it off this morning with training class, and...
92 views1 comment
FOHI Turtle Team
Oct 4, 20231 min read
Wednesday walkabout
Turtle volunteers continue to patrol the beach each morning monitoring the nests that are still due to hatch, picking up trash, and...
70 views0 comments
FOHI Turtle Team
Sep 20, 20231 min read
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...
70 views0 comments
FOHI Turtle Team
Sep 15, 20231 min read
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...
38 views0 comments
FOHI Turtle Team
Sep 6, 20231 min read
Wednesday beach stroll
Another beautiful sunrise this morning on the beach ❤️ Hatching season continues and volunteers monitor the nests and look for tiny...
72 views0 comments
FOHI Turtle Team
Aug 23, 20231 min read
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...
50 views0 comments
FOHI Turtle Team
Aug 20, 20231 min read
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.
22 views0 comments
bottom of page