Last night was another cold one! Sandy and I rode the beach completely bundled up. The temperature dropped to 55 degrees by the morning and we were wearing many layers of clothes to keep warm.
The leatherbacks did not seem to mind the cold though! We saw two turtles on Juno Beach and in MacArthur Park. One of those turtles - "JuneBug" was fitted with a satellite transmitter. Once again we are using the new generation of GPS tags with are configured with the new and improved "Fastloc" technology. These tags are programmed to give us a very high quality GPS position each hour during the evening and night time hours. We deployed 5 of these tags during the 2006 season with mixed results. Hopefully the issues have been worked out with the programming and we will be able to show everyone where these turtles place their nests and what they are doing between those nests.
Keep an eye on this page as the data starts streaming in!
