She came back!

Her name is Musca and I think she was the turtle that was on the beach yesterday morning. I encountered a turtle just before sunrise up near the Jupiter Inlet this morning. She was covering her nest, so I checked her flipper tags and discovered she had none. I quickly tagged her and checked her PIT tag. Beeeep! She was a turtle encountered once during the 2003 season. More info. about Musca can be found here. I had a nice chat with some folks who had seen her from their condo and had ventured down at about 4:30am to take a look. I think we need to add a beachfront condo to the list of things that make our surveying lives easier!