Continuing the trend of a single turtle each night, I only found one nesting leatherback last night. I encountered "Mary" nesting early this morning at about 4:30am near Marcinski Road. She nested at low tide and crawled a LONG way up the beach to the dune line. Her track was really neat looking in the bright light of the full moon. This turtle was first tagged in 2001 by kelly and I and we saw her once again during the 2003 season. It is nice to see them return!
The beach was really crowded last night and I chatted with a lot of nice people in the course of the night. Sometimes it is just nice to ride along the beach during the full moon!
Heading home now and off to bed. Didn't get much sleep yesterday and am looking forward to a good days sleep.
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