So, obviously, the project is on hold at the moment. I (Kat) am currently working a job that actually pays the bills, KP is dealing with range renovations and the boys are busy educating future range lovers. So. As of today, I managed my monthly visit up to see what was what. Only 1 tag is currently transmitting and the reservoir is beyond enormous (overflowing, actually). So now we will have to see if we can devise a plan to catch the turts with dead tags and get some metamorphic data on everyone else. Ah, no rest for the wicked, eh? PS: I've decided birds don't outright suck.
This is part of our ongoing research on Western Pond Turtles (Emys/Clemmys/Actinemys marmorata) here in Central Cali. The goals of the pilot year are to document nesting and overwintering in an insular population whose habitat dries out almost every year. We are also looking at the effect on these guys of the removal of a key predator, bullfrogs.
07 February 2011
What it is, yo.
So, obviously, the project is on hold at the moment. I (Kat) am currently working a job that actually pays the bills, KP is dealing with range renovations and the boys are busy educating future range lovers. So. As of today, I managed my monthly visit up to see what was what. Only 1 tag is currently transmitting and the reservoir is beyond enormous (overflowing, actually). So now we will have to see if we can devise a plan to catch the turts with dead tags and get some metamorphic data on everyone else. Ah, no rest for the wicked, eh? PS: I've decided birds don't outright suck.
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