A Loggerhead heading back to sea after laying 146 eggs.
Our Trip to Melbourne Beach Florida July 21-23, 2004
Dr. Lew Erhart, Turtle Expert and new Friend
A loggerhead hatchling, exiting the nest.
Liz and a juvenile green
Elle Hiller and an older juvenile green.
Tony Natoli with a tagged green
Karen Natoli and her new friend!
Elle and Liz holding two loggerhead hatchlings who were released later that night.
Note the priorities once we arrived in Melbourne Beach.  Camera in one hand and coctail in the other.
Liz and Elle releasing a rehabbed green turtle. Picture on the right shows how beautiful and stunning her shell was once she hit the water.
A clutch of eggs, 146 in all on the Beach in the Archie Carr Wildlife Refuge.
Richard, Janet, Elle, Lee, Karen Tony and Liz following the release of green turtles.
Kate Hanley of the Ocean Conservancy up close and personal with a green juvenile.

For more information about what you can do to save these endangered, prehistoric creatures, visit the Ocean Conservancy online at
www.oceanconservancy.org

Click on the turtle to the right for a full story of our adventure.
Visit the Fripp Island Loggerhead Website, check out nest statisitics, photos and more information and links.

Fripp Island Loggerhead Patrol