It was a busy nesting night. Many Loggerheads, and I witnessed the first Green turtle nest of the season, then another, and another, and another! There were about 10 Greens on the beach when I quit at 5:00AM. Two new leatherbacks were encountered and tagged last night! I tagged a turtle at about midnight and Niki worked up a turtle on the south end of her survey area shortly after 3AM. The volunteer crew with her from the Clearwater Marine Aquarium, and Palm Beach County ERM were very excited to see the turtle. I also had the honor of being observed doing my work by the original "turtle lady" of Juno Beach, Elenor Fletcher. Her daughter and grand-daughter were also on the beach looking for turtles. Busy night... time for bed!

Sorry for the lack of updates lately, our team has been working all night on this project and our "regular day jobs". We have all been really busy. Quick update: 11 tagged turtles, two have been repeat nesters with "Sandy" returning 3 times! Check the project log for updates and there will be more info on the turtles we encounter here:
http://www.floridaleatherbacks.com/2002turtles.htm