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Pink Floyd is a sea turtle that was found stranded in Peconic in December. (Courtesy New York Marine Rescue Center)
PECONIC, NY — Seven new sea turtles were released from Tiana Beach in Hampton Bay Monday — including three loggerheads and four Kemp's ridley turtles.
One, Pink Floyd, was found in December at Goldsmith Inlet in Peconic by a staff member of the New York Marine Rescue Center in Riverhead.
Pink Floyd, NYMRC said, is a sub-adult loggerhead sea turtle. The Goldsmith Inlet area on the North Fork is a "hot spot" for stranded turtles during the cold stun season, NYMRC. said.