Jupiter, FL

Several miles of Jupiter Island is protected for nesting sea turtles.  We were fortunate to see a Loggerhead sea turtle lay about 2 dozen eggs and them make her way back to the ocean.

 White light shows hole she dug to lay her eggs - notice her two flippers

 She covered up the eggs with her flappers

 Lighthouse at Jupiter Inlet

The Loggerhead Marine Science Center (hospital for sea turtles) has a museum and several tanks of recovering sea turtles.



 Loggerhead sea turtle

Loggerhead sea turtle



 Loggerhead sea turtle

 

Ridley sea turtle