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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...

FOHI Turtle Team
May 26, 20241 min read
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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...

FOHI Turtle Team
May 24, 20241 min read
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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...

FOHI Turtle Team
May 22, 20241 min read
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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...

FOHI Turtle Team
May 20, 20241 min read
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Video link
https://youtu.be/YpLDsiz6hcE?feature=shared There was also an impressive sunrise and sand castle on the beach today

Beth Briggs Glass
May 17, 20241 min read
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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...

Beth Briggs Glass
May 17, 20241 min read
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FOHI Turtle Team
May 17, 20240 min read
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Beth Briggs Glass
May 16, 20240 min read
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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...

Beth Briggs Glass
May 15, 20242 min read
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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...

FOHI Turtle Team
May 15, 20241 min read
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FOHI Turtle Team
May 13, 20240 min read
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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.

FOHI Turtle Team
May 12, 20241 min read
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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...

FOHI Turtle Team
May 11, 20241 min read
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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...

FOHI Turtle Team
May 11, 20241 min read
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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...

FOHI Turtle Team
May 11, 20241 min read
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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......

FOHI Turtle Team
May 8, 20241 min read
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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...

FOHI Turtle Team
May 1, 20241 min read
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Wednesday walkabout
Turtle volunteers continue to patrol the beach each morning monitoring the nests that are still due to hatch, picking up trash, and...

FOHI Turtle Team
Oct 4, 20231 min read
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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...

FOHI Turtle Team
Sep 20, 20231 min read
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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...

FOHI Turtle Team
Sep 15, 20231 min read
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