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6-Jun-2015 Nest #01 in Nags Head

Nags Head wins in the race for the first nest of the season for NEST! ATV driver Tim found not only one crawl, but three on his ride this morning.  Two false crawls and one successful nest.  The nesting response team found the eggs in record time (but not before Susan...

3-Sept-2014 Nest #03 Emerged on Day 67

With great patience and diligence, Nest #03 was well rewarded last night with the emergence of 76 hatchlings. Words from Nest Parents: NEST volunteers and excited vacationers celebrated the boil of Nest 3 on Tuesday night on Day 67 after several uneventful though...

2-Sept-2014 Nest #04 Emerged on Day 59

Sorry for playing catch up but we’ve been busy! Congratulations to Nest #04!  The evening of Sept.1 the team was well rewarded watching 60 hatchlings march their way to the beach.  Then last night they had 13 more emerge (most coming after midnight). Notes from...

25-Aug-2014 Nest #18 coming up GREEN!

It ain’t over til it’s over! Nest 18 was found in NH last week on Sept 25th. Jim Kranda of the Bailey Bums … well, er ah, the Bailey Bunch added another nest to his list of finds to make it two for him for 2014. Naw KC it can’t be a green...
Nest #17 Discovered in Nags Head!

Nest #17 Discovered in Nags Head!

How do you get Jane to smile at 6:30 a.m? There are two ways … first is to have Sherman and Tom C show up with grins (No easy task but this mama loggerhead did it!) Sherman’s smile was contagious because he found this beautiful nest complete with a perfect...