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...

Not the end of nesting season yet, but it seems to be getting close. Buddy will make the official call on that. We have been holding at...

No new nest, but some activity. Zone 2, nest 45 had a hole and two depressions but no tracks, Zone 3, nest 37 hatched but no tracks and...

Today we added nest #124, #125, & #126 to the count. There were also signs of emergence. A few hatchlings were spotted on the beach. ...

It was a heavy muggy day to walk with some nice views. The rain last night washed away any new hatchlings tracks, though it looked like...

Beautiful walk in Z4. 2 Osprey nests and a young osprey observing us observing it. ❤️ Z1 possible boil or partial hatch from Nest 25. ...

These pictures were sent to me after I posted the last post but we wanted to share them with everybody. These gals/guys were spotted in...