Texas Turtle Nest Update 8/08/2015

Via Dr. Donna Shaver Today, 1 green turtle nest was found in Texas, on North Padre Island north of Padre Island National Seashore. KEMP'S RIDLEY TURTLE So far this year, 159 nests have been confirmed on the Texas coast including (north to south in state): 5 Bolivar Peninsula 3 Galveston Island 1 Brazoria County, N. of Surfside 1 Surfside Beach 1 Quintana Beach 2 Bryan Beach 0 Brazoria County, N. of Sargent Beach 0 Sargent Beach 3 Matagorda Peninsula 0 Matagorda Island 0 San Jose Island 3 Mustang Island 106 North Padre Island, including 101 at Padre Island National Seashore 34 South Padre Island 0 Boca Chica Beach GREEN SEA TURTLE So far this year, 3 nests have been confirmed on the Texas coast including (north to south in state): 3 North Padre Island, including 2 at Padre Island National Seashore LOGGERHEAD TURTLE So far this year, 7 nests have been confirmed on the Texas coast including (north to south in state): 1 San Jose Island 4 North Padre Island, including 4 at Padre Island National Seashore 2 South Padre Island Data presented here are preliminary. Do not cite or quote without permission. Contact Donna Shaver for further information. Updates regarding nesting are also posted at the Padre Island National Seashore website: www.nps.gov/pais -- Donna J. Shaver, Ph.D. Chief, Division of Sea Turtle Science and Recovery, National Park Service, Padre Island National Seashore Texas Coordinator, Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network Telephone (361)949-8173, ext. 226; fax: (361)949-9134; pager (361)851-4255 E-mail: donna_shaver@nps.gov http://www.nps.gov/pais/ Facebook: Padre Island NS Division of Sea Turtle Science and Recovery