Information sheet above created by Eliza Holliday, www.letterist.com

Above, Doug Stuber explains nest contents on our first excvation of the season.

Below, our fisrt loggerhead of the 2011 season.

Turtle girls from AISTW share a weekend with author Mary Alice Monroe at Amelia Island's first annual High Tide Women's Weekend.

Turtle girls before the Arabian Nights cruise at Women's High Tide Weekend

(left to right:  Mary Raines, Dotty Heritage, Eliza Holliday, Mary Duffy, Pat Kreger)

Green hatchling tracks from MD16.  This is what is supposed to happen.  They all went to the water! 

Green turtle hatchling (chelonia mydas) from nest at Ft. Clinch on Amelial Island 8/10 (photo by Dotty Heritage).

Leatherback hatchling (Dermochelys Coriacia) found in contents of nest. (Photo by Sandra Baker-Hinton)  

Leatherback nest emerges 8/1/10!

One weak hatchling was found on the sand outside the nest.  After trying to put it in the water, it later died.

Short video of hatchlings rescued from MD3 during nest excavation on 7/23

Another green turtle crawl on June 21 at

Ft. Clinch.

Green turtle leaves tracks with a false crawl on June 16.

Leatherback sea turtle nests on Amelia Island.  More information in NEWS.