Turtle Report – June 2025

The hatchings have begun with our second one today, June 30, 2025, and so far so good!!

May

May Nests: R/RN EP/P RS

May False Crawls: R/RN EP/P RS

9 (1 PRED.) 33 (18 PRED.) 2 12 70 12

June

June Nests: 28 60 (24 PRED.) 11

June False Crawls: 21 102 6

TOTAL NESTS: 37 (1 PRED.) 93 (42 PRED.) 13
TOTAL FALSE CRAWLS: 33 172 18

We have had a total of 143 Nests on the Island to this date, with 43 of those being completely predated. That is 30% predation! Therefore we have 100 ACTIVE NESTS on North Captiva to date. We have had 223 False Crawls on the Island to date.

RESIDENTIAL NORTH
NA

RESIDENTIAL
NA

CC-5-P HATCHED with a large depression, at 56 days with many tracks to the water!!
EVALUATION THURS.., JULY 3, 2025

EARLY PARK

CRAWL 261
CCFC-170-EP
16 yds., above the high-tide, north of CC-41-EP, MID-beach, simple in/out.
N 26.582785
W-82.215843

CRAWL 265
CC-93-EP
37 yds., above the high-tide, just south of CC-28-R, high on the beach, in front of Thain’s house, long crawl up into vegetation, knocked over back-up stake of CC-28-R (which had to be moved to 4 yds. south of that nest), nest is 12” east of center of screen, ants all over.
NOTE: I coded this nest in the EP for a specific reason—not really important—but it can be checked by whoever is monitoring the Residential (R), since it is just south of CC-28-R.
N 26.593088.
W-82.223516
Back-ups 5 yds. + 5 yds. (on Thain’s property)

PARK

CRAWL 260
CCFC-169-P
18 yds., above the high-tide, south of CC-90-P, mid-beach, simple in/out.
N 26.574424
W-82.20922

CRAWL 262
CC-92-P
25 yds., above the high-tide, south of Charlie’s Cut, high on beach, into vegetation, COMPLETE PREDATION by coyotes, 80 eggs destroyed, no eggs remaining in chamber.
N 26.567000
W-82.203916

CRAWL 263
CCFC-171-P
12 yds., above the high-tide, north of Ian’s Cut and south of CC-52-P, mid-beach, simple in/out.
N 26.569518
W-82.205484

CRAWL 264
CCFC-172-P
18 yds., above the high-tide, north of CC-22-P, low on beach, simple in/out.
N 26.560691
W-82.202635

RESIDENTIAL SOUTH

CRAWL 31
CC-13-RS
15 yds., below the high-tide, just south of CC-4-RS and in front of House #11, low to mid-beach.
N 26.556292
W-82.200214
Back-ups 5 yds. + 5 yds.

PARK CRAWL-266
CCFC-173-EP/P
CC-94-EP/P
RES. CRAWL-71
CCFC-34-R/RN
CC-38-R/RN
RES. SOUTH CRAWL-32
CCFC-19-RS
CC-14-RS

PARK CM CRAWL-1
CMFC-1-EP/P
CM-1-EP/P
RES. CM CRAWL-1
CMFC-1-R/RN
CM-1-R/RN
RES. SOUTH CM CRAWL-1
CMFC-1-RS
CM-1-RS