2007 Nesting Record Shattered! 6 Weeks left in Season...

On June 2, 1 Kemp's ridley nest was found on the Texas coast at Boca Chica Beach.

On June 3, 23 Kemp's ridley nests were found on the Texas coast including 1 on Galveston Island, 3 on Matagorda Island, 1 on MustangIsland, 1 on North Padre Island north of Padre Island National Seashore,and 12 at Padre Island National Seashore, and 5 on South Padre Island.

The 23 is the most Kemp's ridley nests documented on the Texas coast ina single day since record keeping began in 1980.

So far this year, 148 Kemp's ridley nests have been confirmed on theTexas coast including (north to south in state): Bolivar Peninsula 4Galveston Island 5 Brazoria County, just north of Surfside 1 SurfsideBeach 1 Bryan Beach 0 Matagorda Peninsula 0 Matagorda Island 10 San JoseIsland 3 Mustang Island 5 North Padre Island 81, including 71 at PadreIsland National Seashore South Padre Island 31 Boca Chica Beach 7The 148 exceeds the previous record of 128 Kemp's ridley nests found inTexas set during 2007.

This marks the fifth consecutive year thatrecord numbers of Kemp's ridley nests have been recorded in Texas sincerecord keeping began in 1980.

GO TURTLES!