First Telemetry Night
It's after dark, do you know where your turtles are?? RGO and I took the first shift and were suprised to find 3 out of 4 tagged females out of the water, buried in the duff around the reservoir. 1 male and 1 female were still in the water, and (try as we might) we could not pick up a signal from the other male (the beast). I have the pleasure of today's shift, so hopefully I pick him up on a visual today.
This girl likes the steep. *Note that this pic depicts the back side of the man-made berm. The reservoir is up and over this rise.....
posted by Janeothejungle @ 7:29 AM
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Last night made for one hell of an easter egg hunt. I have to admit that the adrenaline was flowing a bit when we got the first signal triangulated outside of the reservoir. Then we got two more turtles outside of the reservoir as well! Not expected. So, was this typical behavior for these turts? Are some of the turtles sleeping outside of the reservoir burrowed in the soil? If so, why? Does this explain the polishing of the plastron and the faintness of the growth rings? We will find out!
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