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FOHI Turtle Team
Jun 2, 20240 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...

FOHI Turtle Team
Jun 2, 20241 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...

FOHI Turtle Team
May 31, 20241 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. ...

FOHI Turtle Team
May 29, 20241 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...

FOHI Turtle Team
May 27, 20241 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...

FOHI Turtle Team
May 26, 20241 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...

FOHI Turtle Team
May 24, 20241 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...

FOHI Turtle Team
May 22, 20241 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...

FOHI Turtle Team
May 20, 20241 min read


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


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



FOHI Turtle Team
May 17, 20240 min read



Beth Briggs Glass
May 16, 20240 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...

Beth Briggs Glass
May 15, 20242 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...

FOHI Turtle Team
May 15, 20241 min read



FOHI Turtle Team
May 13, 20240 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.

FOHI Turtle Team
May 12, 20241 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...

FOHI Turtle Team
May 11, 20241 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...

FOHI Turtle Team
May 11, 20241 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...

FOHI Turtle Team
May 11, 20241 min read
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