Last night was a great night for turtles! The seas were rough, it was really windy, and we saw seven leatherbacks! One of the Marinelife Center volunteers was walking on the beach around 8 pm when she spotted a leatherback in the Seminole golf course. When I got there at 8:40, she was already covering. I'm sure it was awesome to see a leatherback at sunset! I think I would have kept going south in search of a turtle that Chris saw false crawl the night before on Singer Island, but I forgot my red light and needed to go back to the office. The turtle the night before was coming out of the water around 4 am when someone took a flash picture of her and scared her back in the water. Remember, flash photography is prohibited on the beach at night, whether the turtle is coming out of the water or going back in.
