nice night but no turtles

even though it did rain most of the day yesterday, the evening was cool and calm, with no rain. plenty of loggerheads were nesting - many up near the dune. As well, we had the first green turtle nest in our survey area! it was great to see her - they make such a big mess when they are nesting. first they make an enormous body pit about 2 feet deep and 5 feet wide, then they get into the bottom of that to lay their eggs. upon finishing, they move forward and dig another huge pit to fill in the first pit! green turtle nesting is a very lengthy process - some take about 3 hours or longer to complete it. no leatherbacks were seen - at least none by 3:15 am when I left the beach for home. perhaps chris saw one after that as he was still out. if that's the case, I'll post an update this evening...