Turtley Awesome Sighting

February 14, 2025

A beach with blue skies and a large female sea turtle heading back to the sea. Her beautiful carapace (shell) has speckles of greens and browns.

Green Turtle spotted on the east coast of Costa Rica. I spent the summer of 2024 working as a sea turtle patrol leader at Cano Palma Biological Station. Females typically nested at night, but we were lucky to spot this female returning to sea at dawn! Truly breath-taking creature.