About 6:15 am, I was headed to mark nest 32 when I saw a man looking at something in the water. I saw flippers and very close to the shore. I ran over expecting to find the mama sea turtle who just laid her nest. It was a dolphin. He still had some energy and was trying to ride waves into shore, but also turn and swim out. He was injured and being tossed by the waves. He made a dolphin sound. Blood came from his mouth. I called Sharon and ran to Bill and Sharon Higgins house. Called a few other SWTW people. Wayne came down and the tourist, Bill, and Wayne took the dolphin out from the wave break to keep him calmer, trying to keep his blow hole clear.
Gulf World came about one and a half hour after the initial call to Sharon. We were on the beach until 9am. They confirmed the death and took samples, told us it was a spotted adult male.
Was found by Wayne in front of Point of View condos on Seacrest walk. Nice in and out nest. Nothing to get in the way. Loggerhead. Here’s the thing….several of us were nest sitting at nest 1, waiting for hatchlings when just a couple of buildings down from us, a girl came up quietly and took care of her nesting.
No one is in this photo because I had to run over to the dolphin.
Nest #31 was found 7/26/09 in Paradise by the Sea by Cathy it was low so it was moved. 
UPDATE!!
Nest #31
Escaped 88
Alive and released 1
No obvious 2
Total eggs 91
Success 98%
I got a call from FWC that a man from Sea Crest called that he had a large turtle nesting, this was about 9:15 a.m. So I called him back to see just where. He said Sea Mist and that she was laying eggs now. So I called Val and Joe but Joe was in Destin and Val did not answer. Then called Bobby and he was on his way, next Beth and then Kate, they all got there quickly. And sure enough there she was in the hot sun nesting with folks all around but saying away as I asked the man who called, Ray Combs, to please keep people away from her and he did. Many thanks Ray. So here is the results, pretty awesome I think…So Mrs. Or Miss Loggerhead nested in the day for nest #30… And Bobby found the eggs so she did nest. Great experience for Bobby, Kate and Beth…Wayyyyyy Cool.
UPDATE!!
Escaped from nest 1
Alive and released 39
Live piped 1
No obvious 1
Dead embryos 30
Total eggs 91
Nest #29 a Loggerhead was found by Cathy in front of Charlie Hiltons in Paradise by the Sea. It was very low and moved upward. 129 eggs, well done Val. This was Sunday 7/19/09
UPDATE!!
Nest #29
Escaped 130
Alive and released 6
Dead in nest 1
Dead piped 1
No obvious 9
Dead embryo 1
Depredated 1
Total eggs 149
Success 92%
False Crawl #18 was found 7/19/09 by Val in front of Blue Nine in Sea Crest, it was a Loggerhead.
A loggerhead was found on 7/18/09 in Gulf Trace by Marianna
Nest #27 is a loggerhead, left in place at Sand Cliffs subdivision 
in Sea Crest found by Al.
UPDATE!!
Nest #27 did not hatch and was dug at 85 days, the turtle came up but not far enough we think because of the sea wall
Dead embryos in various stages 64
No obvious 17
Total eggs 81
A Loggerhead with beautiful distinct claw marks. Nest was right in the weed line at the high tide line as well as smack dab in the middle of the Draper Lake outfall. Moved to the East and up to the toe of the dune of The Retreat development. Kelley was approached by Mike and Melanie Hasse who were walking the beach prior to sunrise and had come across the tracks. They were sitting there in lawn chairs protecting the nest so Kelley could complete her walk when Sherry and I came out to document the nest. 
UPDATE!!
Nest #28 was depredated last night by coyotes. With these result attached. you will find pictures (Lorna and Robbin don’t get upset by screen, it was screened incorrectly we know and we are dealing with that). For all volunteers the screen is to be put on by a permitted volunteer, It goes the opposite way as in the picture so the longest part of opening goes east to west, the screen is put under the stakes and put down flat and also goes outside the nest a ways, training later. As you can see this way does not work, dead hatchling, eggs left from the coyote dig, scat left by coyote, hatchling tracks trying to get away from coyotes, and more tracks. If you have any questions please ask. We have had a lot of depredation this year and will see what we can do about it this winter.
3 alive
20 infertile
There were 89 eggs so 66 were deprecated.
Nest #26 was found by Cyndi and Art in front of Adagio in Blue Mountain Beach, she came all the way in and would have come further if it were not for the fence and nested, a loggerhead that was left in place. /way to go girls….
UPDATE!!
Many thanks to Cyndi and Joe for taking care of a dead loggerhead last night
NEST 26 HATCHED AT 70 DAYS
99 escaped
0 alive
1 dead in nest
9 no obvious
1 dead embryo
110 total eggs
91% success