by KClark | Jul 7, 2016 | Uncategorized
NEST SITTING VOLUNTEER TRAININGS SUMMER 2016 Nest Sitting 101 is for “fresh” volunteers (those who have sat on fewer than 4 different nests or for those who haven’t sat in the last few years or those who simply feel they wouldn’t mind a refresher!). Nest Sitting...
by KClark | Jul 7, 2016 | Corolla, Duck
Yesterday morning our driver called sort of confused by the crawl he came across. We train them to identify a false crawl as a crawl with no nest site and a nest as a crawl that has a distinct nest site (the incoming crawl leads into a pile of thrown sand and the...
by Karen Fitzgerald | Jul 5, 2016 | Uncategorized
N.E.S.T. has five ATV routes which patrol the Outer Banks from approximately May 1 through approximately 1 September. Although the ATV drivers experience beautiful sunrises and threatened and endangered sea turtle nests there are also perils that could be associated...
by KClark | Jul 4, 2016 | Uncategorized
Around midnight last night a local volunteer was awakened to a neighbor pounding on her window. He was told her there was a turtle laying eggs on the beach right now. She immediately rolled out of bed and grabbed some stakes. Crawls in the 4WD beach can be...
by DPohl | Jul 3, 2016 | Uncategorized
To adopt this nest, visit http://seaturtle.org/nestdb/adopt/?b=1 and select ID# 154000 or click here. WOW WHAT A SEA TURTLE NESTING SEASON. Although seasoned NESTer Jerry Alexander has found many a sea turtle nest, this morning was the first for him for the 2016...
