Shannon Ritchie’s Winter Field Work 2016/2017 – Rouge National Urban Park / Toronto, ON
Turtle under 2″ of ice (ibutton and transmitter attached to shell)
Mid winter melt
Research equipment
Blanding’s predated
Checking water under the ice with YSI probe
Bundled up for a cold
Cold field site
Checking water under the ice with YSI probe
Early winter tracking
Tracked turtles with transmitter on shell
Checking water under the ice with YSI probe
Tracked turtle in vegetation
Frozen field site
Shannon Ritchie’s Turtley ibutton Adventure:
Weight and Measuring the Turtles
Radio tag and ibutton attached – off I go to find my overwintering site!
Beautiful Blanding’s Turtle
It’s tricky business radio tracking turtles in the deep part of the pond
Painted Turtle
Radio Tracking Turtles
Attaching ibuttons
Paul doing all the work (radio tracking) as we watch
Weight and Measuring the Turtles
Looking good little guy – Radio tag attached – ibutton ready for epoxy
Rowshyra and her Painted Trutle
I found him over here!
Mandrak Lab 