Last night was another busy night! I started the night off searching for one of our turtles outfitted with a transmitter. I found her swimming off the coast near the Boynton Beach inlet (south Lake Worth) She was still swimming south and we are expecting her to nest tonight.
The waves were quite large last night and Kelly was unable to get on the beach until about 10:30pm. I arrived on Juno at about the same time and found a leatherback nesting on my first pass to the north. The turtle was a new leatherback for us and I quickly tagged, measured and checked her out. A few kids stopped by and were amazed by her size. I enjoy peoples first reaction to the sight of a nesting leatherback. Usually involves a few adjectives! They decided to name her Betsie. On the next run I found another new leatherback! This one was a bit confusing to me as she had already finished nesting by the time I spotted her. She was either the fastest leatherback in the world or I drove right past her on my first run??! We are pretty tired by this time of the season so it is possible. Finally kelly spotted a turtle down south on Singer Island. Kelly needed to get out of there fast ast the tide was coming in, so I drove down there in the car and worked up the turtle while Kelly took over for me on the north side. This was another new turtle and she is now tagged and named Kylie. Kylie - for Niki's Kylie Minogue obsession!
A fun night!
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Fine, I will admit a fondness for Kylie also
no doubt about it,chris.
that kelly is really FAST AST.
It makes sense that Kassie was the
fastest leatherback, because the
human Kassie keeps me running.
Thanks for naming her Kassie, who
knows maybe someday they may meet.
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