Ana

TAMUG/NPS/NRDA Kemp's ridley nesters 2012

A project of Texas A&M at Galveston/TESTR Lab.

click map for full-size version Ana (UUU125/UUU126)is a Kemp's ridley discovered nesting on the west end of Galveston Island, Texas by beachgoers on 14 April 2012. Ana was outfitted with a Sirtrack KiwiSat 101 satellite transmitter by the TAMUG Trophic Ecology and Sea Turtle Research Lab and released at her nesting location later that same day. Please note that there is a degree of error associated with satellite tracking, and tracks on land may either indicate a nesting attempt or be inaccurate.

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Species: Kemp's Ridley
Life Stage: Adult
Gender: Female
Release Date: 2012-04-14 12:20:00
Release Location: Galveston, TX
Last Location: 2012-05-24 15:37:22

Adoptive Parents:
Anna Jovien
Noam & Mai Teimonen
Isa Hoffman
Rebecca Gregg

Background

Ana (UUU125, UUU126) is a Kemp’s ridley discovered nesting on the west end of Galveston Island, Texas by beachgoers on 14 April 2012. Ana's clutch of 95 eggs was excavated by biologists from Texas A&M University at Galveston (TAMUG) and transported to Padre Island National Seashore for incubation and subsequent hatchling release.

Ana is a head-start Kemp’s ridley from the 1992 year class and the second nester encountered on Galveston Island in 2012. Thanks to funding from the National Parks Service, Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA), Ana is the second turtle outfitted in 2012 with a Sirtrack KiwiSat 101 satellite transmitter by TAMUG’s Trophic Ecology and Sea Turtle Research Lab as part of a study assessing potential impacts of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill on the Kemp's ridley population in the Gulf of Mexico. Ana was named for one of the people who found her, a young girl named Ana who was in Galveston celebrating her birthday! Ana was released at her nesting location later the same day.

UPDATE: Ana was observed nesting again on 10 April 2012 at San Luis Pass on Galveston Island. She deposited 93 eggs this time and as of now is still in the area. maaybe sge will lay another nest before she returns to her feeding grounds. Time will tell!