Last night was quite interesting! It started out very quiet - I had made a few passes on the ATV to the Jupiter Inlet and back without seeing a single loggerhead turtle. I was starting to worry about the lack of ANY turtles when my phone rang. Jeanette Wyneken (Florida Atlantic University) was leading a class on the beach up north at Hutchinson Island and she was calling to ask if I had seen anything yet. She was also worried about the lack of Loggerheads. I told her not to worry, they would arrive soon. While speaking I turned around to witness a female loggerhead crawling out of the water with a GIANT male hanging on to her carapace! I think I said something to Jeanette like "there here, and even the males want to come ashore!" I hung up the phone and quietly moved away from the loggerhead making her way up the beach. Not too long afterword the phone rang again and it was Jeanette once again. Her class had just encountered a tagged leatherback and wanted to know if we knew who it was. A quick check on the datasheets confirmed it was "Linda Sue", a turtle we first encountered on May 8th and had not seen since! I guess she has been nesting up north. This is the third time one of our tagged turtles has been found on beaches to the north. We will post a bit more info. as they send it to us later today. Only a few minutes later I found a new turtle! She was a bit on the small side for our our turtles, but she was quite beautiful in the light of the setting moon. After a long discussion we decided to name her "Angelina". Why, I really cannot remember....

Beatrice is sending a lot of good quality data to us, and I will update maps on the website later tonight when we get the latest data. Time for bed....