{"id":4479,"date":"2020-06-15T17:35:45","date_gmt":"2020-06-15T22:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/?p=4479"},"modified":"2020-06-15T17:41:23","modified_gmt":"2020-06-15T22:41:23","slug":"kaylas-first-week-in-the-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/kaylas-first-week-in-the-field\/","title":{"rendered":"Kayla\u2019s First Week in the Field!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Welcome to the first week of our field season 2020!<\/p>\n

Sam was very excited to get back out into the field, and I was thrilled to go out for the first time ever.<\/p>\n

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Huge shoutout to Sam and Timmy for teaching me so much!<\/p>\n

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One thing you won\u2019t get to see in this vlog is our busy, long day sampling headstarts at Turtle Town. Headstarts are a crucial part of the Lake County Blanding\u2019s Turtle Recovery Program. They are raised in the safety of Turtle Town for approximately one year before being released into the wild in order to minimize juvenile mortality. They are fitted with miniature telemetry transmitters so we can find them again and again as they grow.<\/p>\n

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Check out the vlog below to see our adventures. See you next week!<\/p>\n<\/div>