The Amphibian Pathogen Project (APP) has officially begun and the students, teachers and myself survived some sweltering 9-hour days. A typical field day involves: 1-2 teachers, 3-4 students, 3-4 different wetlands and lots of critter catching! We use nets, buckets and our hands to catch the animals before we process them. Ideally, we’d catch mostly [...]
Vlog is a video blog per Erin, who is the student completing the Blanding's Turtle research. :) Turtle Team utilizes canines to capture Eastern Box Turtles and I explain the details behind this in the vlog below: John Rucker (left) and Dr. Matt Allender (right) holding one of the [...]
Follow Erin around for a day in her video blog!
May 16th 2016 It was a mostly sunny day at Middle Fork State Wildlife Area (a.k.a. Collison) with little to no wind. Collison, as a site, is right down the road from Kickapoo State Recreation Area. We captured nine turtles in total during our 2 hour search effort. Not only was it a beautiful [...]
Greetings from Nature Lane! I arrived safely in Oak Ridge, TN with all of my gear on the evening of June 1. Packing my personal supplies took about one day, as did packing the bulk of my lab items, but somehow it seems as though I’ve forgotten a few things! During my time here, I’m [...]
This week, Erin talks about Baby Blanding's in the head start program. Donate to Lake County's head start program here: https://www.lcfpd.org/preservation-foundation/adopt-a-turtle/
Watch this week's video blog to learn how Erin uses radio telemetry in her research!
Kayla Boers, a third year veterinary student at the University of Illinois, draws blood from the subcarapacial sinus of an Eastern Box Turtle. Just closed the books on my second year of veterinary school and we're heading to the forests of Illinois to capture turtles! This will be my second [...]
