Well, I had said to myself that I would quit nightly surveys after seeing one more leatherback turtle, but.... It really is hard to stop surveying when you get to see a leatherback crawl back into the water with an almost full moon over the water. They really are cool creatures and I kinda want to be out there again tonight. But I am really starting to get tired of the heat, bugs and annoying people with flashlights looking for sea turtles.
Sara and I spent a bunch of time with "Elaine" as she nested on Juno Beach at about 12am. She returned back to the sea about 2 hours later and it was really neat to see her swim away with all the bioluminescent critters in the water. She left a cool blueish trail as she headed to the east. Will she be back this year?? She has been one of our more regular nesters this season, so maybe she will! Maybe we will still be out there looking!
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