Message in a bottle

Or more precisely messages in bottles! (even though that doesn't sound quite right) This morning was one of those mornings when you find interesting things on the beach. The wind was really howling once again last night and a lot of trash was washed up. I found two bottles containing messages that kids threw into the ocean. Maybe they were thinking about the bottles possibly travelling on a long journey similar to those undertaken by leatherbacks. These bottles often have return addresses with pleas for information on the bottles trip and it's final whereabouts.
I seldom return these messages, but not because I am a bad person! It is simply because most of them state "this bottle was released on 5-10-2004 on Juno Beach in Loggerhead Park...." and I happen to find the bottle on the same date, only a few hours later on Juno Beach in Loggerhead Park! I guess that maybe I should take the opportunity and send them a bit of a lesson on wind direction, currents, and tides? Or maybe it is better to let them imagine the bottle travelling the high seas for months on end and washing up on a beach 10 years from now in.....

Oh yeah, one leatherback last night. Hydra was spotted on the south end of our beach. She did not nest this time and we expect her to try again tonight. Interesting to note that she did not nest the first time we saw her in 2002 but came back a few nights later and nested successfully.