It was a cold night out there! The weather station at the Marinelife Center recorded a low temperature of 53 degrees but it felt a whole lot colder on the beach. The leatherbacks that nested last night must have been freezing. We encountered a tagged turtle here on Juno and Niki and Gwen found a turtle they tagged 10 days ago. "Stewart" was found at about 4am last night digging an egg chamber near the bluffs neighborhood. Since "Stewart" has been nesting on our survey area since 2001 we decided she would be a great candidate for satellite transmitter. Kelly and I fitted her with her transmitter and she crawled down the beach into the water. She seemed rather slow on the beach and it was probably due to the cold temperature. We now have three turtles equipped with transmitters and will be posting a few maps of their movements in the next few days.
The forecast is for another cold night. Maybe we will find Windy or Icy tonight?!
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