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