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