Drag 'em and Tag 'em part 4

Well, we had another go at dragging the reservoir today, hoping to nab any adults that had not yet left for the summer. Luckily, we did nab the 2 adult females with transmitters that we knew were in there. Even better news, they were both packing eggs when we palpated them this afternoon. This might explain why they have stuck around when everyone else has fled. Either way, we'll be keeping a close eye on those 2 (turts 1 and 4). We also discovered that The Beast (turt 8) is no longer transmitting a signal. DOH. That makes 2 dead transmitters only 4 weeks into tagging. Looks like we will not be monitoring the boys this season, after all. We also recaptured turts 10 and 12, which had loverly orange bee dots stuck to their bums for easy ID. I'm suddenly really like the bee dots for mark/recapture data. We'll see how they survive the dormant season. Pics from today...