by KClark | Jun 15, 2018 | Duck, Nest, Nesting Season
NESTers have been waiting anxiously every morning for the early wake-up call about a nest but they weren’t expecting to get a call in the afternoon! Yesterday a call came in on the hotline from Duck Ocean Rescue asking if we’d heard anything about a nest...
by KClark | Aug 8, 2016 | Duck, False Crawl
Friday, Saturday, and Monday we had 3 false crawls (Corolla, Duck, Duck/Corolla border). They were all loggerhead crawls and she even came all the way up the dune a few times. Could it be that with such a big season she’s just plain empty? ; ) Perhaps tonight...
by KClark | Jul 14, 2016 | Duck
Tuesday, July 12th This morning our Duck ATV rider called in and announced he had not just a crawl, but a turtle! She was still covering her nest site when he came across her crawl on the beach. (Photos to come when things calm down.) The day wasn’t over for...
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 KClark | Jun 14, 2016 | Corolla, Duck, Loggerhead
Nest #10 rolled in this morning on the north end of Duck. Mom picked an excellent site right next to the foot of the dunes in front of an undeveloped lot. Nesting responders had to hike in for this one but it was well worth the trip. This nest was a little tricky...
by KClark | Jul 14, 2015 | Corolla, Duck, False Crawl, Loggerhead, Nags Head, Nest
Keeping a good enough pace that we can’t keep up, here’s the skinny on the last few (bunch of) nests. Sorry for the delayed postings! Photos will hopefully be back soon. Nest #09 7/4/2015 Kitty Hawk Nest #10 ...
