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