Why Hell-O, Turtle #8...

2 days in a row of warm weather and the turts are all movin and shakin. Turt 1 was spotted today foraging along the bottom of the HP swale (yeah, she finally moved after 8 months of inactivity!). Also in the HP swale was Chip and, get this, Turtle #8. Turt8 was one of the boys whose tags shorted out last season, thus he has been untraceable. Until now. I fished him out and took morphometric data on him and I gotta say, the boy looked robust. Compared to all the scrawny girls, this dude already had a nice layer of insulation going. Makes me wonder where he's been....



So, Turt 7 also finally made a move and is in the ERes with Turts 4 and 2. Turt 5 is still in the same spot out in OM, and Turt 3 has actually shifted a little deeper into the undergrowth near the pumphouse. We are also working on a plan to 'funk up' the trap a little so it's not so darn squeaky clean and glaring white....