Photo field notes

Releasing hatchling painted turtles after rearing them in the lab

Fieldwork at the Thomson Causeway Recreational Area in Illinois. Bug net always necessary

Stoaway I found in the campground shower during fieldwork

The best way to start a day of fieldwork

Completing a survey in turtle nesting habitat

Juvenile painted turtle

Recaptured hatchling painted turtles in a mark-release-recapture experiment

The prettiest blue racer caught in the drift fence during a turtle mark-release-recapture

Female painted turtle marked with temporary paint for identification in the field

Fieldwork camp dinner <3 

Collecting turtle blood samples in the field

Rare sighting of a spiny softshell turtle at turtle camp

Transporting a painted turtle for processing

Hatchling snapping turtles for a mark-release-recapture experiment

Excavating the first painted turtle egg for a manipulative experiment

The occasional camp visitor

Post-fieldwork ice cream necessary

Turtle camp schedule for the day

Another cute camp visitor

On the lookout for nesting turtles