Here is some documentation from my summer as a research intern at the Wetlands Institute in Stone Harbor, NJ.











the back entrance to the institute





the marsh





the observation tower





view from the upper deck





giving homage





our resident terrapins













educational display





crab trap with dead terrapins





one of our many nest exclosures





large female with old carapace injury





sonic telemetry transmitter attached to carapace





terrapin with transmitter attached





terrapin after having its shell repaired with epoxy/fiber glass (it survived getting hit by a car)









getting measurements on a female terrapin





injecting a PIT tag





scanning for PIT tag





fishing out hatchlings from a storm drain





hatchling terrapin, overwintered from last year









terrapins that have been head-started for 1 year at Stockton College









kindergarten release of head-starters (these events receive lots of media attention)









roadkilled hatchlings/juveniles





Liz holding one of the 575 roadkilled females we processed this summer.





getting measurements





Jon makes the first incision





trying to get a hold of the eggs





removing the eggs





some of the removed eggs, within oviduct





comparison between fertilized eggs, and unshelled yolks of future clutches





Liz cleans the eggs





labeling the eggs





eggs after being placed in incubation container





one of the incubators, filled with egg boxes





after about 2 months...

















out and about









sunset on the marsh











Edited on August 1, 2008 at 19:08:40 by PHGinger.

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