Alexander Gaos_ Post-nesting hawksbill turtle equipped with a satellite tag returning to the estuary in Bahia Jiquilisco, El Salvador. This hawksbill remained within Bahia Jiquilisco, moving into the bay’s inner canals after nesting. Several other hawksbills departed the species’ traditional coral reef habitat and migrated to this mangrove estuary. A 2011 study published by Biology Letters explains that adult hawksbill in the eastern Pacific are using estuaries such as this for foraging, presenting a never-before-seen life history paradigm that differs substantially from those exhibited by the species in other ocean regions, where hawksbills associate with coral and rocky reefs along the open-coasts. This research was spearheaded by several members of an international working group known as the Eastern Pacific Hawksbill Initiative ( http://www.hawksbill.org).

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Alexander Gaos_ Post-nesting hawksbill turtle equipped with a satellite tag returning to the estuary in Bahia Jiquilisco, El Salvador. This hawksbill remained within Bahia Jiquilisco, moving into the bay’s inner canals after nesting. Several other hawksbills departed the species’ traditional coral reef habitat and migrated to this mangrove estuary. A 2011 study published by Biology Letters explains that adult hawksbill in the eastern Pacific are using estuaries such as this for foraging, presenting a never-before-seen life history paradigm that differs substantially from those exhibited by the species in other ocean regions, where hawksbills associate with coral and rocky reefs along the open-coasts. This research was spearheaded by several members of an international working group known as the Eastern Pacific Hawksbill Initiative ( http://www.hawksbill.org).

To learn more visit: http://www.conservation.org

© Alexander Gaos

PERMITTED USE: This image may be downloaded at no charge for one-time use for coverage/promotion of the press release titled “Hawksbill Turtle” by Conservation International. No copying, distribution or archiving permitted. No sublicensing, sale or resale permitted.

REQUIRED CREDIT AND CAPTION: All image uses must bear the copyright notice and be properly credited to © Alexander Gaos must be accompanied by a caption, which makes reference to the “Hawksbill Turtle.” Any uses in which the image appears without proper copyright notice and caption referencing the press release on the “Hawksbill Turtle” are subject to paid licensing.