10 Days, 124 Blanding’s Turtles
This week Kayla and Carley did some solo work. While Kayla was collecting field samples, Carley was doing her Summer Research Training Program orientation week at the lab. Carley is participating in the University [...]
Still Shell-many Lessons to Learn
Hello readers! Alexis and Maura here to cover another week out in the field! This week we took on two different sites to find the beloved turtles! While there was an initial excitement of new sites, this [...]
Carley Meets the Blanding’s
Hi everyone! This past week, Kayla and I moved into the Lake County Field House, set-up the laboratory for the summer, and began field work. Luckily, we had some great weather out in the [...]
Scrubs vs Scrub Oak
Turtle Doc to Range Control- 1 PAX 1 VIC entering the training area. My first week in Cape Cod was SO FUN! With the direction of amazing field technicians at Camp Edwards, Turtle Team Veteran, [...]
Shell-lot To Learn
Hello readers! As promised, we have returned with a full week of field work under our belts. Well, Maura did a full week of field work while Alexis split halfway through the week to move out [...]
Cape Cod Intro!
Welcome to my blog! I will be sharing my experiences working with Eastern Box Turtles and Spotted Turtles in Cape Cod, MA. This is the first time that the Wildlife Epidemiology Lab will be [...]