Western Pond Turtle
Clemmys marmorata marmorata

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Western Pond Turtle - Project Photos.



Western Pond Turtle- Main Page

Habitat
Study site
Winter telemetry
Predators
Trapping
Telemetry
Nesting
Release
Turtles
Hatching
Zoo
Frank and Kate's Home Page.



Habitat...


Pond Turtle, nice yellow on front leggs.
Pond Turtle
Pond Turtle, marbled pattern
Pond Turtle
Pond Turtles basking
Pond Turtle
Smith Pond
Smith Pond
Kapp North
Kapp North
Dead Tree Pond
Dead Tree Pond
Pond F - temporary pond
Pond F
Temporary pond
Temporary Pond
Pond E
Pond E
Pierce Pond
Pierce Pond
Lakewood Pond
Lakewood Pond
Ditch
Ditch
Kapp West Pond
Kapp West
Pond A
Pond A
Pond B
Pond B
Pond Cxxx
Pond B
Pond D
Pond D
Big Lake
Big Lake

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Study site...


Study Site.
Study site
Entering study site.
Study site
Big barn.
Big barn
Little barn.
Little barn
Moving in.
Moved in
Trap storage.
Trap storage
Sleeping quarters.
Housing


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Winter telemetry, Locating turtles, Replace transmitters...


Winter
Winter
Winter Telemetry
Winter Telemetry
Winter Locate Turtles
Locate Turtles
Winter Replace Transmitters
Replace Transmitters
New Transmitter
New Transmitter

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Predators...


Predators - Bullfrog - Adult male.
Adult male Bullfrog
Predators - Bullfrog - Adult female.
Adult Female Bullfrog
Bullfrog Eggmass - Also bullfrog range map.
Bullfrog Eggmass
Bullfrog rangemap
Removing bullfrog egg masses.
Removing egg masses
Predators - Bullfrog - catfish - Bass.
Bullfrog-bullhead-bass
Fish nests
Fish nests
Shot.
Shot by man
Road kill.
Road kill

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Trapping...


Hoop Trap.
Hoop trap
Basking Raft.
Basking trap
Setting Traps.
Setting traps
Setting Traps.
Setting traps
Hoop traps set.
Hoop traps
Good days catch.
Good days catch
Visual inspection.
Visual inspection
Weigh.
Weigh
Record data.
Record data
Measure turtle.
Measure
Releaseing adult female head start.
Release adult
Releasing adult female head start.
female head start
Turtle with fresh transmitter.
New transmitter
Head start recapture.
Head start

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Telemetry...


Telemetry.
Telemetry
Telemetry.
Telemetry
Telemetry.
Telemetry
Telemetry.
Telemetry
Adults basking.
Adults basking
Female head start.
Female head start
Female nesting.
Female nesting
Female nesting.
Female nesting
Young adult head starts.
Two head starts
Wild adult and head starts basking.
Baskers
Hatchling.
Hatchling
Head start - spring hatchling - Both hatched previous Sept.
Head start
Spring hatchling
Looking for nests.
Looking for
nests
Probing closer for nests.
Probing for
nests

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Nesting...


Nesting females are wary.
Wary female
Female nesting.
Nesting female
Female digging.
Female digging
nest
Female digging.
Female digging
nest
Female nesting.
Female laying
Female covering nest.
Female covering
nest
Female
Female finished
nesting
Finished nesting - back to water.
Back to pond
Well disguised fresh laid nest.
Finished nest
Fresh laid nest.
Loose vegitation
removed
Checking for eggs in fresh laid nest.
Nest plug
removed
Checking for eggs in fresh laid nest.
Eggs in
nest
Fresh laid clutch of eggs.
Clutch of eggs
Putting exclosure over fresh laid nest.
Covering nest with
exclosure
Nesting area - three nests.
Nesting area
three nests

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Release...


Getting ready for release.
Getting ready
for release
Checking transponder.
Checking transponder
Head starts waiting for release.
Head starts
Releasing head start.
Release
Release.
Release
Release not always private.
Release not
always private
Released head start.
Released heat start

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Turtles...


Pond turtle basking.
Head start
basking
Female with transmitter basking.
Basking female
Young adult head start.
Young adult
head start
Young adult head start.
Head start
Turtles basking.
Baskers
Adult head started female.
Adult female
head start
Turtle basking.
Now you
see it
Turtle basking.
Now you
don't
spring hatchling.
Spring hatchling
Spring hatchling.
Spring hatchling
I'm going now.
Keep an eye
on them

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Hatching...


Exclosure over fresh laid nest.
Spring nest
Back in the fall to dig up nest.
Fall nest
Digging nest in the fall.
Contemplating
digging
Digging for hatchlings.
Digging for
hatchlings
Digging for hatchlings.
Digging for
hatchlings
Hatchlings from fresh dug nest.
Fresh dug
hatchlings
Fresh dug nest.
Sorting the
nest
Fresh dug hatchlings.
Single nest
Setting up eggs from dug nests.
Setting up
unhatched eggs
Spring hatchling.
Hatchling

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Zoo...


Fresh hatched being set up.
Hatchling
Hatchlings being set up at the zoo.
Hatchlings set
up at zoo
New hatchlings.
One clutch
Bee dots for identification.
Bee dots
for ID
Indoor setup.
Small tub
indoor setup
Indoor setup.
Large tubs
indoor setup
Indoor setup.
Racks for
indoor setup
Inserting transponders for permanent ID.
Inserting
transponders
Checking transponder.
Checking
transponders
Head start at zoo.
Head start
at zoo

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Lyle, WA 98635

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