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Studying Landing Sites

Kemp's Ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii), Padre Island National Seashore, 2015.. A Kemp's Ridley hatchling making its way home to the ocean.

Kemp's Ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii), Padre Island National Seashore, 2015.

Kemp's Ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii), Padre Island National Seashore, 2015.. A Kemp's Ridley hatchling making its way home to the ocean.

Kemp's Ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii), Padre Island National Seashore, 2015.

Kemp's Ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii), Padre Island National Seashore, 2015.. A Kemp's Ridley hatchling making its way home to the ocean.

Kemp's Ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii), Padre Island National Seashore, 2015.

Kemp's Ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii), Padre Island National Seashore, 2015.. A Kemp's Ridley hatchling making its way home to the ocean.

Kemp's Ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii), Padre Island National Seashore, 2015.

A hatchling Kemp's ridley sea turtle swims out to sea on 8 July 2011 after release from a corral at the 40 mile marker..

A hatchling Kemp's ridley sea turtle swims out to sea on 8 July 2011 after release from a corral at the 40 mile marker.

A hatchling Kemp's ridley sea turtle crawls towards the water at a public hatchling release on 21 June 2011..

A hatchling Kemp's ridley sea turtle crawls towards the water at a public hatchling release on 21 June 2011.

A nesting Kemp's ridley sea turtle returns to the water after nesting at the 34.5 mile marker at Padre Island National Seashore on 8 June 2011.

A nesting Kemp's ridley sea turtle returns to the water after nesting at the 34.5 mile marker at Padre Island National Seashore on 8 June 2011

Dr. Donna Shaver documents a nesting Kemp's rildey sea turtle at PAIS in May 2011.

Dr. Donna Shaver documents a nesting Kemp's rildey sea turtle at PAIS in May 2011

2010 Kemp's ridley sea turtle project at Padre Island National Seashore (for NRC). Kemps ridley nesting is increasing and 74 Kemps ridley nests were located at the park during 2010. The public was invited to attend 23 hatchling releases in 2010 and more than 5,000 people attended.

2010 Kemp's ridley sea turtle project at Padre Island National Seashore (for NRC)

2010 Kemp's ridley sea turtle project at Padre Island National Seashore (for NRC). Kemps ridley nesting is increasing and 74 Kemps ridley nests were located at the park during 2010. The public was invited to attend 23 hatchling releases in 2010 and more than 5,000 people attended.

2010 Kemp's ridley sea turtle project at Padre Island National Seashore (for NRC)

2010 Kemp's ridley sea turtle project at Padre Island National Seashore (for NRC). Kemps ridley nesting is increasing and 74 Kemps ridley nests were located at the park during 2010. The public was invited to attend 23 hatchling releases in 2010 and more than 5,000 people attended.

2010 Kemp's ridley sea turtle project at Padre Island National Seashore (for NRC)

2010 Kemp's ridley sea turtle project at Padre Island National Seashore (for NRC). Kemps ridley nesting is increasing and 74 Kemps ridley nests were located at the park during 2010. The public was invited to attend 23 hatchling releases in 2010 and more than 5,000 people attended.

2010 Kemp's ridley sea turtle project at Padre Island National Seashore (for NRC)

2010 Kemp's ridley sea turtle project at Padre Island National Seashore (for NRC). Kemps ridley nesting is increasing and 74 Kemps ridley nests were located at the park during 2010. The public was invited to attend 23 hatchling releases in 2010 and more than 5,000 people attended.

2010 Kemp's ridley sea turtle project at Padre Island National Seashore (for NRC)

2010 Kemp's ridley sea turtle project at Padre Island National Seashore. In 2010, 74 Kemp's ridley nests were found at Padre Island National Seashore. This was the third most successful season since record keeping began in 1980.

2010 Kemp's ridley sea turtle project at Padre Island National Seashore

2010 Kemp's ridley sea turtle project at Padre Island National Seashore. In 2010, 74 Kemp's ridley nests were found at Padre Island National Seashore. This was the third most successful season since record keeping began in 1980.

2010 Kemp's ridley sea turtle project at Padre Island National Seashore

2010 Kemp's ridley sea turtle project at Padre Island National Seashore. In 2010, 74 Kemp's ridley nests were found at Padre Island National Seashore. This was the third most successful season since record keeping began in 1980.

2010 Kemp's ridley sea turtle project at Padre Island National Seashore

2010 Kemp's ridley sea turtle project at Padre Island National Seashore. In 2010, 74 Kemp's ridley nests were found at Padre Island National Seashore. This was the third most successful season since record keeping began in 1980.

2010 Kemp's ridley sea turtle project at Padre Island National Seashore

2010 Kemp's ridley sea turtle project at Padre Island National Seashore. In 2010, 74 Kemp's ridley nests were found at Padre Island National Seashore. This was the third most successful season since record keeping began in 1980.

2010 Kemp's ridley sea turtle project at Padre Island National Seashore

2010 Kemp's ridley sea turtle project at Padre Island National Seashore. In 2010, 74 Kemp's ridley nests were found at Padre Island National Seashore. This was the third most successful season since record keeping began in 1980.

2010 Kemp's ridley sea turtle project at Padre Island National Seashore

2009 Kemp's ridley sea turtle project at Padre Island National Seashore. In 2009, 117 Kemp's ridley sea turtle nests were found at Padre Island National seashore. This marks the sixth consecutive year that record numbers of Kemp's ridley nests have been recorded in the park since record keeping began in 1980.

2009 Kemp's ridley sea turtle project at Padre Island National Seashore

2009 Kemp's ridley sea turtle project at Padre Island National Seashore. In 2009, 117 Kemp's ridley sea turtle nests were found at Padre Island National seashore. This marks the sixth consecutive year that record numbers of Kemp's ridley nests have been recorded in the park since record keeping began in 1980.

2009 Kemp's ridley sea turtle project at Padre Island National Seashore

2009 Kemp's ridley sea turtle project at Padre Island National Seashore. In 2009, 117 Kemp's ridley sea turtle nests were found at Padre Island National seashore. This marks the sixth consecutive year that record numbers of Kemp's ridley nests have been recorded in the park since record keeping began in 1980.

2009 Kemp's ridley sea turtle project at Padre Island National Seashore

2009 Kemp's ridley sea turtle project at Padre Island National Seashore. In 2009, 117 Kemp's ridley sea turtle nests were found at Padre Island National seashore. This marks the sixth consecutive year that record numbers of Kemp's ridley nests have been recorded in the park since record keeping began in 1980.

2009 Kemp's ridley sea turtle project at Padre Island National Seashore

2009 Kemp's ridley sea turtle project at Padre Island National Seashore. In 2009, 117 Kemp's ridley sea turtle nests were found at Padre Island National seashore. This marks the sixth consecutive year that record numbers of Kemp's ridley nests have been recorded in the park since record keeping began in 1980.

2009 Kemp's ridley sea turtle project at Padre Island National Seashore

Fig. 3. Kemp's ridley sea turtle hatchlings from located nests are released at Padre Island National Seashore during 2007. The public is invited to attend 10-15 hatchling releases each year.. Fig. 3. Kemp's ridley sea turtle hatchlings from located nests are released at Padre Island National Seashore during 2007. The public is invited to attend 10-15 hatchling releases each year.

Fig. 3. Kemp's ridley sea turtle hatchlings from located nests are released at Padre Island National Seashore during 2007. The public is invited to attend 10-15 hatchling releases each year.

Kemp's Ridley sea turtle on the beach sand.

Kemp's Ridley

Kemp's Ridley sea turtle on the beach sand.

Kemp's Ridley (2)

Secretary of Interior Dirk Kempthorne and National Park Service Director Mary Bomar were invited guests attending the lighting ceremony.

2008 Lighting of the National Christmas Tree

Studying Landing Sites

Studying Landing Sites

Studying Landing Sites

Studying Landing Sites

Kemp's ridley tracks

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The transmitters attached to the backs of a few Kemp's ridleys each year allow the park to track their movements throughout the Gulf outside of nesting season by satellite for up to a year.

Kemp's ridley with transmitter attached

Once hatchlings are released into the Gulf, they may fall prey to anything larger than them. Hopefully, they will be able to hide in the mats of sargassum seaweed floating in the Gulf until they are too big for most predators to eat.

Kemp's ridley hatchling in profile

Although laid in clutches of around 100 eggs each, Kemp's ridleys are believed to solitary animals during most of their lives.

Kemp's ridley hatchlings

Kemp's ridleys are the smallest of the sea turtles, reaching only about 100 lbs. in weight.

Kemp's ridley

Kemp's ridleys go into a trance as they lay their nests of around 100 eggs.

Kemp's ridley nesting among beach grass

Kemp's ridley hatchlings are believed to somehow remember the beach where they are hatched. The exact mechanism that makes this possible is unknown.

Kemp's ridley hatchling

By incubating Kemp's ridley eggs, the National Seashore hopes to increase the survival rate of hatchlings to adulthood by 3 to 5 times.

Three Kemp's ridley hatchlings

It is estimated that, if Kemp's ridleys hatch naturally in the wild, maybe 1 in 100 will survive to adulthood.

Two Kemp's ridley hatchlings

Kemp's ridley hatchlings are charcoal gray, but their color changes as they mature to olive green above and sand below.

Kemp's ridley hatchling

Every year the National Seashore attaches transmitters to the backs of a few ridleys so that their movements can be tracked over the next year.

Kemp's ridley with transmitter

Kemp's ridley normally nest only once per year, but they lay around 100 eggs per nest.

Kemp's ridley nesting

The difference in coloration between the upper and lower sides of a Kemp's can be clearly seen here.

Kemp's ridley profile

Sea turtle eggs are very carefully placed in incubation boxes so as to preserve the same orientation they had in the nest.

Kemp's ridley eggs in incubation box.

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