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Nest #16, Loggerhead in Corolla

Last night before midnight, a loggerhead sea turtle came up on one of the darkest beaches in Corolla and left us with Nest #16.  Bright and early, our ATV rider John called with enthusiasm on his finding.  The nest site was another rather confusing one where mom...

False Crawl #04

Around 11PM the night of June 26th, a report came in about a loggerhead looping around the beach up in Currituck National Wildlife Refuge area of the 4WD beach.  NESTers arrived to find her returning to the ocean.  They staked off the site until the morning until we...

Nest #14 and a False Crawl

To adopt this nest, click here or visit http://www.seaturtle.org/nestdb/adopt/?b=1 and select ID No. 150641. Saturday June 25, around 4PM, we got a call on the NEST hotline reporting a turtle laying eggs.  After we got through the, “you’re sure it’s...
2016 sea turtle nest #13

2016 sea turtle nest #13

To adopt Nest #13, visit http://www.seaturtle.org/nestdb/adopt/?b=1 and select ID No. 149030 or click here. On  a beautiful  June 21 sunrise, Kitty Hawk, Kill Devil Hills ATV driver John Jenkins found 2016 sea turtle nest #12 in Kitty Hawk, not to be outdone the Nags...