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 19:00:16 by PHGinger.
