Transmitter 6 BLOW OUT!

Stephen and I tracked the turts on Friday night. Everything went great except that transmitter 6 is emitting a high pitch squeal and there is no directionality it it. Warning: If you have your radio is turned up it will blow out the ear drums :). One of the turtles that was out of the pond and burrowing has returned to the pond and the two new turts that were tagged were huddled up together in the same location on the north side of the bridge. Hopefully, Chip is in the same little honey hole. The water is really scummy and murky on that side of the bridge so it is hard to see, not to mention it was 8:30pm so it was kind of dark too. I will be interested to see if they go back to that spot every night. Stephen is now trained on the whole process and did a great job. If you are tracking at dusk you may want to bring some bug repelent (if that kind of thing bothers you) and don't forget your head lamp. Happy Turtle Hunting.