Warmer!

We're just wrapping up our second survey night. Tonight was about 20 degrees warmer than last night so it was quite pleasant out there. No turtles though :( It's supposed to get cold again for the rest of the week. Most people don't believe us when we say "cold" because after all, this is Florida. But, it is really, really cold! When we're driving on an ATV at 10-20mph into the wind and we're damp from the humidity, 40 degrees feels unbelievably cold! We're all wondering if our unseasonably cold winter will delay the start of leatherback nesting here. On February 11th, there was a leatherback crawl in Miami and on the 22nd, a leatherback nest was reported in Ft. Pierce. We're hoping that we're next!