FB 44 was cleaned last nite and it was wonderful!! Sophies nest was a great
success!! We released 10 loggerhead hatchlings into a calm ocean and they all
happily swam away to live a seaturtles life. The nest was really successful as a
whole. The total count was 7 live, 3 pipped live( which means that
they were just coming out of the shell when we found them),4 unhatched eggs, 1
egg that looked infertile, 4 that didn't make it and 116 hatched shells. So out
of the 135 eggs that were in your nest a total of 126 baby turtles
made it out of the nest alive. It just doesn't get a whole lot better then
that!! Thank you Sophie for adopting this nest. Sorry you couldn't be
here but we named one of the hatchlings Sophie in your honor. Enjoy the pictures
and hope to see you again next year when you come to visit.
If you have any
questions or want any more information, just email me. I do have some seaturtle
puzzles and information sheets that I can send to you in the mail if you want me
to. Just send me your home address and I will mail it out.

Thank you for loving our seaturtles the way we
do!!!

Lori and the Flagler Turtle Patrol

Leatherback Hatchlings in Ormond Beach

The leatherback nest in Ormond hatched Sunday. These guys/gals were trapped in roots at the top of the nest. The nest is located just south of the Seminole Beach Approach at 281 S. Atlantic, Ormond Beach, at the MainSail Motel.

Turtle Webcam Records Loggerhead Sea Turtle Hatch in The Keys

http://www.fla-keys.com/turtlecam/

Environmental enthusiasts have been able to observe loggerhead sea turtles
hatching and emerging from their nests, via a live streaming "turtle webcam"
installed on a private beach on Big Pine Key in the Lower Florida Keys.

Leatherback Nest emergence in Flagler Beach

We have another Leatherback emergence!!!!!!!!!!! B2 emerged Friday!!! WHOO HOOO!!!!! What an awesome emergence it was too!!! The nest was laid on May 29th , Theresa Donatelli and I were the lucky ones to be on patrol that day, and it hatched in 62 days and again Theresa and I were on patrol then too!! Amazing.It is located in Beverly Beach at the walkover with the white stakes on the road!! One baby came out Tuesday and the rest waited till Friday!! The cleaning will be Monday, not sure of the time yet. It is adopted by one of our own!! Pat Smith!! Way to go Pat!! Now we must talk to the Turtle Gods about the Leatherback nest in FB. FB 6, Next to emerge!!! Ramona or I will send out an email about what time the cleaning will be on monday!!! What ever you do, do not let the loggerheads and greens know how excited we are about these LB nests!! They are just as wonderful!!!
Thanks, Lori


The adopter of the nest is Pat Smith, who has been very involved with the teacher's nest adoption program, sponsored by Jane Culpepper. (Thank you, Jane!) Pat has done a great job organizing the paperwork and communicating with teachers, Jane, Beth, and myself. Beth and I decided to award Pat with a very special nest because she has worked so very hard. Thank you, Pat!

Well............... the nest emerged and wouldn't you know it, Pat is out of town for a few days! Pat has asked that Mary Narin, a very interested and enthusiastic teacher represent her at the nest evaluation. Mary has agreed to document the evaluation for Pat.

The nest evaluation will take place Monday evening at 6:30. The nest is located directly across from the pink dome which is north of the Flagler Beach/ Beverly Beach City limit. Hope to see you there!

Leatherback Nest FB1 Excavation

Hello Turtle Lovers,
Here are pictures from the cleaning of FB1, our first wonderfully successful Leatherback nest for Flagler Beach in a long time. The debut of 4 live and healthy Leatherback hatchlings was more then I expected and hoped for. But there they were and it was the best. There was a total of 80 eggs in the clutch and there were 52 that hatched. 52 Flagler Beach Leatherbacks headed out to the big wide ocean. How Cool!!
Thank you everyone that came to help.Ramona, thanks for being the great photographer and taking all these wonderful pictures for me. Thank you to Dan, Theresa, Teresa, Thom, Catherine, Barb, Kelly, and Mark for digging to the depths while I deserted you to show off the babies. What a great team we have on our patrol. A big Thanks to everyone that came to help, watch, and be there for this. If you weren't able to make it and are getting these pictures, I am sorry you didn't get to be here but I hope you will enjoy the pictures.
Big Turtle Hugs to all of you guys!!!! Lori