Last night was pretty busy. Thank you to the turtle walk volunteers for spotting the first leatherback of the night, Sugaree, right by the office! We first tagged Sugaree early this season and we have not seen her since. She is probably one of my favorite turtles this season since she is named after one of my favorite songs.
We had a new turtle in Lost Tree Village that was already tagged, but not by us. We think she was tagged in Melbourne by the UCF crew. The turtles in Melbourne aren't given names unless they wear a satellite harness, so I named this turtle Olive. We also saw Ridgey and Musca, both Juno Beach regulars this season. As well as Joy, who was first tagged 10 nights ago.
Our first leatherback nest hatched last night but was predated by the fox that always hangs out around the office. We were really upset and kind of mad at the fox, who we used to like but not so much anymore.
