Julianne

Not sure what happened to my blog post yesterday. It was a nice long post that was witty, sad, educational and a real hoot to read. I guess it was lost to the ether, oh well!

Last night was rather boring and of course the turtle showed up when I was at my most tired phase of the night - 5am again! The turtles are arriving late at night this season. I have only spotted two out of the 26 turtles before midnight. The rest of them have nested very late. This morning I encountered a turtle named Julianne as she was just finishing her nest near the Loggerhead Marinelife Center. I was pretty lucky that I caught her! I had just returned from the Lake Worth Inlet and was taking a break with some coffee in the office. For some reason I decided to walk down to the access and take a look at Venus rising from the water before taking a final morning run to the north. As I watched Venus, I looked to the south and there she was. If I had ridden north, I probably would have missed her.
This is the third time she has been this year and is a turtle that also nested here last season.