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Several Turtle Watchers visited the Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge in July. The refuge is located on Florida's east coast near Melbourne Beach and hosts the largest nesting population of loggerheads in the western hemisphere. The picture, which was taken with no flash and red-filtered light to avoid disturbing the turtle, shows surveyors preparing to measure a nesting female. Previous | Home | Next