Here's a map of our beach area that now has it's first turtle nest of the season (see previous entry). It is listed as "TDC328" which denotes that it is a "Turtle" nest (T), laid by a Leatherback turtle (DC) on March 28 (3/28). This designation is our own method of recording each nest on the GPS unit, but we use the same designation for the type of turtle (and date) as do the employees of the Environmental Associates, Inc. (EAI) when they "stake out" each of the new nests. Last year we recorded 83 nests laid on our stretch of beach. They averaged 55 days in incubation. We'll chart each nest's progress this year, as well, and compare our data at the end of the season.