Texas Turtle Nest Update 6/19/2018

Via Dr. Donna Shaver

Today, 1 loggerhead and 5 Kemp’s ridley nests were found in Texas, all at Padre Island National Seashore.

KEMP'S RIDLEY TURTLE
So far this year, 242 nests have been confirmed on the Texas coast including (north to south in state):

0 Bolivar Peninsula

2 Galveston Island

1 Brazoria County, N. of Surfside 

8 Surfside Beach (area record)

1 Quintana Beach 

1 Bryan Beach 

1 Brazoria County, N. of Sargent Beach 

0 Sargent Beach 

7 Matagorda Peninsula 

0 Matagorda Island

11 San Jose Island

14 Mustang Island

132 North Padre Island, including 119 at Padre Island National Seashore

57 South Padre Island

7 Boca Chica Beach 

LOGGERHEAD TURTLE
So far this year, 2 nests have been confirmed on the Texas coast including (north to south in state):

1 Galveston Island

1 Padre Island National Seashore

GREEN TURTLE
So far this year, 1 nest has been confirmed on the Texas coast including (north to south in state):

1 North Padre Island north of Padre Island National Seashore

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 Do not cite or quote without permission.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