Marine Turtle Newsletter 75:25, © 1996
A Note about Kemp's Ridleys Nesting in Texas
Donna J. Shaver
National Biological Service, Padre Island National Seashore, 9405 S. Padre Island Drive, Corpus Christi, Texas 78418 USA
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Marine Turtle Newsletter 75:25, © 1996
Donna J. Shaver
National Biological Service, Padre Island National Seashore, 9405 S. Padre Island Drive, Corpus Christi, Texas 78418 USA
In the last issue of the Marine Turtle Newsletter (see MTN 74:5-7), I described nesting by two head-started Kemp's ridley sea turtles at Padre Island National Seashore (PINS), Texas, during 1996. Based on the locations of the living tags on these turtles, we were able to determine that they were members of the 1983 and 1986 year classes, respectively. At the time of writing, however, it remained uncertain whether they had been experimentally "imprinted" to PINS or to Rancho Nuevo, México. We can now say conclusively that both turtles detected nesting at PINS earlier this year had been imprinted to that area.