Sandy-recap

Alabama Sea Turtles

A project of USGS Alabama-NRDA Sea Turtles.

click map for full-size version Sandy-recap (Loggerhead) is 26 km S of the coast of United States and 224 km from Tallahassee

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Species: Loggerhead
Life Stage: Adult
Gender: Female
Release Date: 2012-06-07 01:27:43
Release Location: Gulfl Shores, AL
Last Location: 2013-07-15 22:08:39

Background

Originally tagged by us in 2011, Sandy returned to nest again this year. She still had on her old GPS tag, so we removed the beaten-up tag and replaced it with a new one. After the nesting season, we will see if once again she remains resident in the northern Gulf.