No Changes

The pond is lower
Just where will the turtles go
Surely we will know

I was up this morning to cover for Hawk who is a little under the weather. Chris and I ran the telemetry at 6:00 am and found everything to be pretty much the same as Kat's last post. Turts 1, 2, 3, 5 and 7 are all terrestrial and hunkered down in the same location as before. Turtle 7 seems to be in the same position in her burrow as Kat noted yesterday (see below). Turtle 4 was detected from the reservoir by signal, and turt 12 was seen basking on the log. No other marked turtles were seen.

Turtle 7

The milky sheen that Kat noted on the pond yesterday was not visable in the morning light.

Other wildlife- a male and female Wood Duck and a female Mallard were seen on the pond this morning. At least two families of Oak Titmouse fledglings were noted. Violet-green, Tree, and Barn Swallows were flying above the reservoir and drinking.