https://www.thebigturtleyear.org/blog daily 0.75 2019-09-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1466883291145-3T11UZE8B94R9Q3RS4HC/DSC06916.JPG BLOG https://www.thebigturtleyear.org/blog/2016/8/14/the-big-turtle-year-begins-january-2017 monthly 0.5 2016-08-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1471190411970-RB4YDZWVYGMRRTFN7J40/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year Begins January 2017 Documenting a Pearl River map turtle (Graptemys pearlensis) in southern Mississippi. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://www.thebigturtleyear.org/blog/2017/1/1/the-big-turtle-year-update-1 monthly 0.5 2017-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1483312850259-KSH50JC4SIA01WPZ8SKK/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #1 An adult male gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) at Boyd Hill Nature Preserve (St. Petersburg, Florida). Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1483312925262-DU6W99AYWZ3C4B7C7LSV/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #1 George L. Heinrich with the first turtle of The Big Turtle Year, an adult female gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) at Boyd Hill Nature Preserve (St. Petersburg, Florida). Photograph by Andrew Farren. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1483312725145-HVQXQHP7UARZ6RM63AFV/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #1 The first turtle of The Big Turtle Year, an adult female gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) at Boyd Hill Nature Preserve (St. Petersburg, Florida). Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://www.thebigturtleyear.org/blog/2017/2/11/the-big-turtle-year-update-2-1 monthly 0.5 2017-02-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1487518832569-UC9SNU18LINVLPMCYJN4/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #2 The second turtle of The Big Turtle Year, an adult peninsula cooter (Pseudemys floridana peninsularis) at Boyd Hill Nature Preserve (St. Petersburg, Florida). Photograph by William Rivera. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1487518936639-XJVMAW54245ZMQ8224DZ/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #2 A non-native red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) observed at Boyd Hill Nature Preserve (St. Petersburg, Florida). Photograph by William Rivera. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1487518905867-1S8ARCD1VYXJ40Z80JWJ/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #2 An adult Florida softshell turtle (Apalone ferox) documented at Boyd Hill Nature Preserve (St. Petersburg, Florida). Photograph by William Rivera. https://www.thebigturtleyear.org/blog/2017/3/5/from-the-field-the-big-turtle-year-partner-intexas monthly 0.5 2017-03-05 https://www.thebigturtleyear.org/blog/2017/3/20/the-big-turtle-year-update-3 monthly 0.5 2017-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1490051799112-4AJ0YY52GUTU5BQOMCRW/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #3 Dr. Joseph Mitchell (Mitchell Ecological Research Service) measuring the plastron of a juvenile Suwannee cooter (Pseudemys concinna suwanniensis) at Ichetucknee Springs State Park (Columbia County, Florida). Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1490050951466-G7XEGKK3CKFNXFBDDNOM/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #3 TBTY partner Andrew Farren holding a female Suwannee cooter (Pseudemys concinna suwanniensis), the sixth species of The Big Turtle Year, at Ichetucknee Springs State Park (Columbia County, Florida). Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1490051116102-J9D9DX83WQXAT1QCUDB4/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #3 TBTY partner Andrew Farren photographing an adult female yellow-bellied slider (Trachemys s. scripta) at Ichetucknee Springs State Park (Columbia County, Florida). Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1490050725365-G7D074FGN2M9DTPSPGQA/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #3 The fifth species of The Big Turtle Year, a large, adult female Florida red-bellied cooter (Pseudemys nelsoni), at Ichetucknee Springs State Park (Columbia County, Florida). Note the cusp on the upper jaw, a distinguishing characteristic not present in the other two species of cooters that occur in Florida. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1490051070445-FKPHZOT0G565DIKHC1VB/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #3 TBTY partner Dr. Jerry Johnston (Santa Fe College) measuring the plastron of a Suwannee cooter (Pseudemys concinna suwanniensis) at Ichetucknee Springs State Park (Columbia County, Florida). Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1490051084134-64YFFHSAW2B3B72KU4CJ/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #3 TBTY partner Eric Munscher (TSA - North American Freshwater Turtle Research Group) measuring a musk turtle (Sternotherus sp.) at Ichetucknee Springs State Park (Columbia County, Florida). Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://www.thebigturtleyear.org/blog/2017/3/29/the-big-turtle-year-update-4 monthly 0.5 2017-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1491001735896-8K0R6C5HG1DAQNS2L0V8/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #4 Binney Park (Old Greenwich, Connecticut). Photograph by Timothy J. Walsh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1491002237948-1U7X56QVCE572APKPZ58/IMG_1962.JPG BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #4 An eastern painted turtle (Chrysemys p. picta) was quite creative in selecting a basking spot at Binney Park (Old Greenwich, Connecticut), seen here on top of a common snapping turtle's (Chelydra serpentina) carapace! Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1491001270147-QUTGAG08OWSHQPLMJ2DA/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #4 An adult male red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) basks in the spring sun at Binney Park (Old Greenwich, Connecticut). Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1490999833586-BFJO9UGBEGJK52JBT2O0/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #4 During a previous visit to Binney Park (Old Greenwich, Connecticut), a young boy was curious about an approaching snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina). Photograph by Timothy J. Walsh. https://www.thebigturtleyear.org/blog/2017/4/1/the-big-turtle-year-update-5 monthly 0.5 2017-05-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1491133827416-25JFBDCAONDBJZ3UNXDT/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #5 Central Connecticut Valley wetland (Middlesex County, Connecticut). Photograph by Timothy J. Walsh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1491134860234-1NW76ZP6QOTAY37MEAA1/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #5 Abandoned railroad adjacent to river valley wetland (Middlesex County, Connecticut). Photograph by Timothy J. Walsh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1491136405650-9PLYU8G86WSWKXRH0MH8/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #5 George L. Heinrich with a male spotted turtle (Clemmys guttata). An ephemeral wetland can be seen in the background. Photograph by Timothy J. Walsh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1491134009711-0KK9SZFHZAHQRWB1TO9C/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #5 Male spotted turtle (Clemmys guttata) resting under leaf pile on abandoned railroad tracks. Photograph by Timothy J. Walsh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1491136775677-A0OH2IE96VCOVMXKGO39/IMG_2023.JPG BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #5 Barrie Robbins-Pianka and Tim Walsh with a male spotted turtle (Clemmys guttata). Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://www.thebigturtleyear.org/blog/2017/5/3/the-big-turtle-year-update-6 monthly 0.5 2017-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1493923583190-YSJKI7RNBWCTD0TGSFG2/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #6 Children watching turtles, a popular activity at County Line BBQ (Austin, Travis County, Texas). Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1493923843777-SFA7VZT55FD7LOTEL2WS/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #6 Adult female red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) at San Felipe Creek (Del Rio, Val Verde County, Texas). Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1493923525117-RNA16MBGM8IOM6VOZJOI/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #6 Mississippi map turtle (Graptemys pseudogeographica kohnii) basking on shoreline of the Trinity River (Dallas County, Texas). Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1493923909394-TVN5S691DZ712TDC4DGY/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #6 Rio Grande cooter (Pseudemys gorzugi) habitat within golf course along San Felipe Creek (Del Rio, Val Verde County, Texas). Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1493923737806-B0XLC3DO35BE0E6MH79Q/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #6 Basking pallid spiny softshell turtle (Apalone spinifera pallida; Harris County, Texas). Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1493923676228-CHBZ0E3QCXOMNM3HKANV/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #6 Carl J. Franklin searching for Cagle’s map turtles (Graptemys caglei) at Palmetto State Park (Gonzales County, Texas). Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1494456916494-UWNAPWVMTUQORGF9XDEM/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #6 Basking Rio Grande cooters (Pseudemys gorzugi) at San Felipe Creek (Del Rio, Val Verde County, Texas). Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1493924121094-PKVH4DPENL4WWWHSK033/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #6 Mexican plateau mud turtle (Kinosternon hirtipes murrayi) habitat (Presidio County, Texas). Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1493923631356-VEK0WRNM002TBVVCJG1R/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #6 Texas cooter (Pseudemys texana) swimming at County Line BBQ (Austin, Travis County, Texas). Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1493923466575-D5CC2X39P0ULCX3Q179M/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #6 George L. Heinrich with an adult male alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys temminckii; Harris County, Texas). Photograph by Jordan Gray. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1493923788333-KKSZG51I5JY9CYSXG14F/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #6 Eric Munscher, Carl J. Franklin, and Jordan Gray weighing an adult male alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys temminckii; Harris County, Texas). Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1493923315134-T1GBAMLW5QP8DYWZULZP/20170426_093838.jpg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #6 George L. Heinrich with a large juvenile Texas tortoise (Gopherus berlandieri; Hidalgo County, Texas). Photograph by Carl J. Franklin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1493923342803-HP8N351XP2ZW6H6JT58P/DSC07539.JPG BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #6 Adult male alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys temminckii; Harris County, Texas). Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1493923424719-Q3BQHHX4TDZD3M075YJ2/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #6 Basking Mexican plateau mud turtle (Kinosternon hirtipes murrayi; Presidio County, Texas). Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://www.thebigturtleyear.org/blog/2017/5/26/the-big-turtle-year-update-9 monthly 0.5 2017-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1496596848013-P6KW11GH8CXC78HYJMKM/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #9 Delaware and Raritan Canal (Sussex County, New Jersey). Photograph by Timothy J. Walsh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1496710099730-O47WNXJZW2BPXD239S7B/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #9 Common map turtles (Graptemys geographica) and northern red-bellied cooters (Pseudemys rubriventris) basking together in the Delaware and Raritan Canal (Somerset County, New Jersey) on a separate trip. Photograph by James R. Angley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1496596528424-WYO9CJ98O81QVGJE1CQ2/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #9 Purple pitcher plants (Sarracenia purpurea) are common at many bog turtle (Glyptemys muhlenbergii) sites. Photograph by Timothy J. Walsh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1496595818931-ZWSKKO0JC5KJUY2JZ3PK/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #9 Hatchling northern diamondback terrapins (Malaclemys t. terrapin) under tidal debris. Photograph by Timothy J. Walsh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1496597013573-UFDEKJO35Y41X1P6K4EN/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #9 Bog turtle (Glyptemys muhlenbergii) site covered in cattail (Typha sp.) Photograph by Timothy J. Walsh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1496595754781-FXITKXZJBBSMBMM3YHNG/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #9 Hatchling northern diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys t. terrapin) as found next to the roadway. Photograph by Timothy J. Walsh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1496596463602-RM829W2F65G3YF938W6L/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #9 Two bog turtles (Glyptemys muhlenbergii) in habitat. Photograph by Timothy J. Walsh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1496597260735-PP3EKF46R7EK07TB3XY3/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #9 A view of Turtle Pond (Central Park, NYC) from Belvedere Castle with the South Lawn and Mannhattan in the background. Photograph by Timothy J. Walsh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1496597584800-D90012NH5B9YFDG8WK87/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #9 Brian Zarate and Kevin Pollack record data on a bog turtle (Glyptemys muhlenbergii). Photograph by Timothy J. Walsh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1496596648213-4VDNNDL9X800DAVBPOAG/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #9 A particularly large and handsome male wood turtle (Glyptemys insculpta). Photograph by Timothy J. Walsh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1496596345127-2HKN6Q1AO9DSS0KMGWLB/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #9 Bog turtles (Glyptemys muhlenbergii) are a small species (maximum 4.5 inches) as seen here with this fully grown adult in hand. Photograph by Timothy J. Walsh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1496596405132-FL3XCL1Q4A6YHK81OM2K/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #9 Bog turtle (Glyptemys muhlenbergii) habitat showing characteristic shallow streams and grass clumps. Photograph by Timothy J. Walsh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1496596036709-77GHA5VWRV68MOET3LXS/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #9 Male bog turtle (Glyptemys muhlenbergii) in situ. Photograph by Timothy J. Walsh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1496595691411-U3HVSORMUHDB1G5HIBAK/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #9 Deceased female northern diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys t. terrapin). Photograph by Timothy J. Walsh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1496596118718-5DY4M6BMDNMW6W3MLBT9/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #9 Female bog turtle (Glyptemys muhlenbergii) showing the distinctive orange head patch. Photograph by Timothy J. Walsh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1496707615510-WR6W59BELDLO3HCBI67I/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #9 A particularly attractive male eastern box turtle (Terrapene c. carolina). Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1496596802437-2LF44WYRDWVMUVIGNRUD/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #9 Male wood turtle (Glyptemys insculpta). Photograph by Timothy J. Walsh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1496598046245-TU561ZSB7KV0U7ZODGQ7/Image-1-28.jpg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #9 George L. Heinrich, Brian Zarate, and Jim Angley recording data on a wood turtle (Glyptemys insculpta). Photograph by Timothy J. Walsh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1496596927502-UK3QL5J1Y6ZZLF7G5TJ1/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #9 Common garter snake (Thamnophis s. sirtalis) basking in the afternoon sun. Photograph by Timothy J. Walsh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1496596689051-U469ZB0N7H7OXVGKEJ7P/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #9 Terrestrial wood turtle (Glyptemys insculpta) habitat. Photograph by Timothy J. Walsh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1496707772809-XOKI6PDEDU70TA03CQW3/Image-1-29.jpg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #9 Jim Angley with a male eastern box turtle (Terrapene c. carolina). Photograph by Timothy J. Walsh. https://www.thebigturtleyear.org/blog/2017/5/27/25lpem95fom1ch0i8y89irdzmt8ioo-tDlhx monthly 0.5 2017-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1495918849419-FVVPILOZ85NIENG7H6GD/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #7 Western pond turtle (Actinemys marmorata) habitat in the Santa Monica Mountains (Los Angeles County, California). Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1495917912997-9AES75GREOGV1S1EWZJF/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #7 Polliwog Park (Manhattan Beach, California), home to a large population of introduced red-eared sliders (Trachemys scripta elegans). Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1495918103610-7GFJWHF45LIYRXLZPK6A/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #7 Lydia Salinas exploring western pond turtle (Actinemys marmorata) habitat in Riverside County, California. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1495918378332-XRKGKWE4G3JWNL2DV5L2/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #7 Entrance to the Desert Tortoise Natural Area (California City, California). Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1495920271099-1FBWD7IFK7XNWYMLT5QI/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #7 Diane Brouhard climbing through cattails at a western pond turtle (Actinemys marmorata) site in Riverside County, California. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1495918924004-RT6H88WWPYBBFYBANUPD/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #7 Western pond turtle (Actinemys marmorata) from the Santa Monica Mountains (Los Angeles County, California); currently being rehabilitated after a predator attack. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1495917966920-FJTDI1WZFF9KDC8VDWP4/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #7 Adult male red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) at Polliwog Park (Manhattan Beach, California). Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1495918022229-ZDVJSLXIBM2DZLE61TZK/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #7 Jonathon Reinig (Riverside County Regional Park and Open-Space District) searching for western pond turtles (Actinemys marmorata) in Riverside County, California. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1495918436144-COUW2BPUSAWH62WAHO46/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #7 Mojave desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) habitat at the Desert Tortoise Natural Area (California City, California). Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1495918228174-FU2M5QQQDXWZ4HZ19MGS/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #7 Protected site where we located species #22: western pond turtle (Actinemys marmorata) in Riverside County, California. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1495918597397-E128SI7EPMC0JPDJLNO9/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #7 Mojave desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) at the Desert Tortoise Natural Area (California City, California). Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1495979036739-CYKIW6VT97S75UU0AUC7/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #7 Western pond turtle (Actinemys marmorata) habitat in Riverside County, California. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1495918776076-AE6JC0CCEN0CPGCA8WDS/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #7 Western pond turtle (Actinemys marmorata) habitat in the Santa Monica Mountains (Los Angeles County, California). Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1495920305772-VNFXF3DZNFEK2VT4LWFZ/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #7 George L. Heinrich with species #23: Mojave desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) at the Desert Tortoise Natural Area (California City, California). Photograph by Michael Bargeron. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1495918646862-4XSN0VSIX1U6ZPGATMAC/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #7 Desert horned lizard (Phrynosoma platyrhinos) at the Desert Tortoise Natural Area (California City, California). Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1495918699763-JM0DB094YCLP7ZF8NNQS/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #7 Michael Bargeron and Rosi Dagit discussing western pond turtle (Actinemys marmorata) conservation in the Santa Monica Mountains (Los Angeles County, California). Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1495920328208-7DF0B2Q9XN1PIZD36NE4/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #7 Mojave desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) at the Desert Tortoise Natural Area (California City, California). Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1495918898274-D8SZHD5LHWW1S6972OXG/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #7 Western pond turtle (Actinemys marmorata) from the Santa Monica Mountains (Los Angeles County, California); currently being rehabilitated after a predator attack. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://www.thebigturtleyear.org/blog/2017/5/28/vo2hkf0e3zpbs01vb007aakinabg1w monthly 0.5 2017-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1495982819921-YAV6ZSNTP3GFQDSI41OU/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #8 Adult male loggerhead musk turtle (Sternotherus m. minor) at Rainbow River (Marion County, Florida). Photograph by Andrew Farren. https://www.thebigturtleyear.org/blog/2017/7/2/the-big-turtle-year-update-10 monthly 0.5 2017-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1499004385185-V24AZ7DUZLYGGXVODG2A/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #10 James Krause examining an adult bullsnake (Pituophis catenifer sayi) at the Thomson-Fulton Sand Prairie State Nature Preserve (Whiteside County, Illinois). Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1499003378099-HAUGB6I29PX2I4J6OA4Q/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #10 Jim Barzyk searching for Blanding’s turtles (Emydoidea blandingii) and spotted turtles (Clemmys guttata) in southwestern Michigan. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1499002255117-XI4CLJ5DBU163DY0SZBZ/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #10 Adult female wood turtle (Glyptemys insculpta) in southwestern Michigan. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1499002330393-NMLLQR8W402S5EG9OOXI/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #10 Plastron of an adult female wood turtle (Glyptemys insculpta) in southwestern Michigan. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1499002037349-W0FAJHCN7ONI7MFS5T69/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #10 George L. Heinrich photographing an adult wood turtle (Glyptemys insculpta) in southwestern Michigan. Photograph by Robert Krause. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1499003785043-P3OM151VSAXRI1UKL2H1/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #10 Adult female ornate box turtle (Terrapene o. ornata) at the Thomson-Fulton Sand Prairie State Nature Preserve (Whiteside County, Illinois). Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1499003876828-JSSGOQL3SS6WFZXF5T6S/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #10 The Thomson-Fulton Sand Prairie State Nature Preserve (Whiteside County, Illinois) is owned and managed by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1499004165484-5VQ1EYIJ0W8IBAEHRK4R/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #10 Three members of the Chicago Herpetological Society (Mike Dloogatch, Linda Manchen-Malawy, and Nancy Kloskowski) examining an ornate box turtle (Terrapene o. ornata), species #32 for The Big Turtle Year, at the Thomson-Fulton Sand Prairie State Nature Preserve in Whiteside County, Illinois. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1499004085491-FD7WPFVPKRA23B9K8RMM/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #10 Plastron of an adult female ornate box turtle (Terrapene o. ornata) at the Thomson-Fulton Sand Prairie State Nature Preserve (Whiteside County, Illinois). Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1499002675604-1UZ1D3J5HWVM7OQ1GXA9/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #10 Profile of an adult Blanding’s turtle (Emydoidea blandingii) in southwestern Michigan. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1499003935466-N3G05Y91HF3ASN0E4A12/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #10 Profile of an adult wood turtle (Glyptemys insculpta) in southwestern Michigan. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1499004474619-8DQE06Y8206PHP2ATOW9/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #10 Bob Krause searching wood turtle (Glyptemys insculpta) habitat in southwestern Michigan. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1499003568467-OF1G7X585ULENIT2Q2QH/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #10 James Krause holding an eastern box turtle (Terrapene c. carolina) in southwestern Michigan. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1499002149315-6IUXG4QVZV65BE7ENVQU/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #10 George L. Heinrich holding an adult female wood turtle (Glyptemys insculpta) in southwestern Michigan. Photograph by Robert Krause. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1499002523546-P1KDUUKHDQ4C0M98EEUR/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #10 Species #31 for The Big Turtle Year, an adult Blanding’s turtle (Emydoidea blandingii) in southwestern Michigan. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1499002812921-2JIJD32YE28DYUP34VK2/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #10 Plastron of an adult Blanding’s turtle (Emydoidea blandingii) in southwestern Michigan. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://www.thebigturtleyear.org/blog/2017/7/15/the-big-turtle-year-update-11 monthly 0.5 2017-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1500120389912-8A2X0TQ2VHKRZKEL6CFR/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #11 George L. Heinrich and Charles H. Miller watch a female leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) nesting at Jupiter Island (Martin County, Florida). Photograph by Chris Johnson. https://www.thebigturtleyear.org/blog/2017/7/15/the-big-turtle-year-update-12 monthly 0.5 2017-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1501525451126-Z6BL8TAAQ6QNGC4LEWCT/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #12 An eastern copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix) found along a streamside in the Bankhead National Forest (Winston County, Alabama). Photograph by Timothy J. Walsh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1501683805647-FB2BPJ1APXONQA3PSQ7N/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #12 Joe Jenkins with a great horned owl (Bubo virginianus) at the Five Rivers Delta Resource Center (Baldwin County, Alabama). Photograph by Timothy J. Walsh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1501531210932-WZPTWSOMDBJ65VEK7J63/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #12 Two adult female Escambia map turtles (Graptemys ernsti) basking on a limestone outcrop in the Sepulga River (Escambia County, Alabama). Photograph by Timothy J. Walsh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1501525146305-1X0EHU0X7VDYR73AWETG/Image-1.jpg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #12 A stream in the Bankhead National Forest (Winston County, Alabama) where we searched for flattened musk turtles (Sternotherus depressus) and Alabama map turtles (Graptemys pulchra). Photograph by Timothy J. Walsh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1501531532104-7MU83KKPAA6NZ8FVL5QP/IMG_8169.JPG BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #12 A sample of Apalachicola oysters at Deal's Famous Oyster House in Perry, Florida. Photograph by Timothy J. Walsh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1501528607703-FMWL98YIL6CVSWH6UODK/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #12 An adult male southern black-knobbed map turtle (Graptemys nigrinoda delticola) in Mobile County, Alabama. Notice the knobs on the carapace which are more prominent in males than females. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1501530898439-6WFIVMR734RIYGWWKJKN/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #12 Adult female yellow-blotched map turtle (Graptemys flavimaculata) basking on the Leaf River (Perry County, Mississippi). Photo with mobile phone through a spotting scope by Timothy J. Walsh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1501529558498-1S8PGPHYRH0MBEGJQA5I/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #12 A quirky roadsign featuring the Alabama red-bellied cooter at the Five Rivers Delta Resource Center (Baldwin County, Alabama). Photograph by Timothy J. Walsh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1501527455853-8TCCKDEIFUOREYTX1WJV/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #12 Underwater photo of a shy, adult male Alabama map turtle (Graptemys pulchra) in the Bankhead National Forest (Winston County, Alabama). Photograph by Timothy J. Walsh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1501528387077-FCX5UXK11MJVOPP40WP8/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #12 An adult female southern black-knobbed map turtle (Graptemys nigrinoda delticola) in Mobile County, Alabama. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1501526790440-2UED99VA8KH6ANTO1US7/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #12 Two-year old (left) and five-year old (right) flattened musk turtles (Sternotherus depressus) found in the Bankhead National Forest (Winston County, Alabama). Notice the keel on the younger specimen. Interestingly, the species hatch with a prominent keel as with other members of the genus, but it becomes less prominent as the turtles age. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1501525721874-YALZSNXQ06PUXMVSVIQW/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #12 A five-year old flattened musk turtle (Sternotherus depressus) found in a shallow stream within the Bankhead National Forest (Winston County, Alabama). Photograph by Timothy J. Walsh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1501527134759-54HW1K42HQ3HZNQBKDFZ/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #12 An adult female Alabama map turtle (Graptemys pulchra) found during a night survey in Bankhead National Forest (Winston County, Alabama). Photograph by Timothy J. Walsh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1501530183712-KZ6P0TCI2J81UR3HUDNO/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #12 An adult male Alabama red-bellied cooter (Pseudemys alabamensis) at the Five Rivers Delta Resource Center (Baldwin County, Alabama). Photograph by Timothy J. Walsh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1501531863365-LLTDLHA3PSC6GKL5T0UX/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #12 Profile view of the exaggerated keel of a juvenile Alabama map turtle (Graptemys pulchra) in the Bankhead National Forest (Winston County, Alabama). Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1501530582165-Q4AEAXDPCZASSLZDCHJT/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #12 Tim Walsh searching for turtles from a bridge crossing on the Leaf River (Perry County, Mississippi). Numerous yellow-blotched map turtles (Graptemys flavimaculata) and Pascagoula map turtles (Graptemys gibbonsi) were seen on the log snag near the center of the photo. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://www.thebigturtleyear.org/blog/2017/7/31/the-big-turtle-year-update-13 monthly 0.5 2017-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1501516434012-BHT9WVFD1WPR572CE7X2/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #13 Profile of an adult female striped mud turtle (Kinosternon baurii) at Brooker Creek Preserve (Tarpon Springs, Florida). Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1501516525177-RAYP8SR9D64735JSKK3I/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #13 A second kinosternid species, a juvenile common musk turtle (Sternotherus odoratus), was also found during the Herpetology Camp at Brooker Creek Preserve (Tarpon Springs, Florida). Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1501516294698-I522J309D3ZT3TU8FA3B/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #13 Chloe holding species #43 for The Big Turtle Year, an adult female striped mud turtle (Kinosternon baurii) at Brooker Creek Preserve (Tarpon Springs, Florida). Photograph by Andrew Farren. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1501516364334-C0XWNSM25VLDXPNLUF8K/image-asset.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #13 George L. Heinrich talking to campers about striped mud turtles (Kinosternon baurii) at Brooker Creek Preserve (Tarpon Springs, Florida). Photograph by Andrew Farren. https://www.thebigturtleyear.org/blog/2017/11/19/the-big-turtle-year-14 monthly 0.5 2017-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1511102476256-XEG2ET6J3XJGIUY4JX9X/IMG_7968.JPG BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #14 George L. Heinrich holding species #44, an adult Suwannee alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys suwanniensis) in south-central Georgia. Photograph by Dirk Stevenson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1511102255564-BPPGNTQ3HH82UB895RB6/IMG_5203.JPG BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #14 Dirk Stevenson (Altamaha Environmental Consulting) searching for a chicken turtle (Deirochelys reticularia) in south-central Georgia. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1511102187116-NUUZWFL6QVOIXKK0P3UK/IMG_5327.JPG BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #14 Adult Florida softshell turtle (Apalone ferox) captured in south-central Georgia. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1511102306760-6Y8MW3N8MI3PO3MDMBAD/IMG_5234.JPG BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #14 Adult gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) in south-central Georgia. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1511102414973-QIG9YS69NNOQ617KBGEB/0927170919_HDR.jpg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #14 Dirk Stevenson (Altamaha Environmental Consulting) with a large adult male eastern indigo snake (Drymarchon couperi) in south-central Georgia. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1511102226947-ZT3R068SYIYYKHQCX4YB/IMG_5298.JPG BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #14 John Jensen (Georgia Department of Natural Resources) examining a common slider (Trachemys scripta) captured in south-central Georgia. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1511102390796-6LGH4OAHOU2TPEMBRZMG/IMG_7908.JPG BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #14 George L. Heinrich photographing an adult gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) in the uplands of south-central Georgia. Photograph by Dirk Stevenson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1511102352042-HA4GG7XF8XSLQ2FXZJR2/IMG_5345.JPG BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #14 Andy Day (independent environmental consultant) with adult Suwannee alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys suwanniensis) in south-central Georgia. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1511102139976-VLUCOKAEWDPEJQE5FKRM/IMG_5320.JPG BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #14 Ben Stegenga (The Orianne Society) holding an adult Florida softshell turtle (Apalone ferox) in south-central Georgia. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://www.thebigturtleyear.org/blog/2017/12/9/the-big-turtle-year-update-15 monthly 0.5 2018-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1512849517414-V2XY6LKE302C2KGHFYU3/IMG_5381.JPG BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #15 Wade Zarlingo (Small Game Program Manager, AZGFD) and Cristina A. Jones during a scaled quail (Callipepla squamata)/desert box turtle (Terrapene o. luteola) survey in semidesert grassland located in eastern Arizona. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1512849069527-6HIGOCUBCKIK9GWOVL8K/IMG_5350.JPG BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #15 One of many authentic Mexican restaurants visited during the trip. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1512850946465-M2UQ0LLZXOKA51NSQFI9/IMG_5716.JPG BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #15 Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument (Arizona), home to the only population of Sonoyta mud turtles (Kinosternon sonoriense longifemorale) in the United States. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1512850633111-X6BUWIJ8MO2VF5M6QWTW/IMG_5509.JPG BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #15 Chelsea Mahnk radiotracking Arizona mud turtles (Kinosternon arizonense) at a study site in southern Arizona. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1512849726835-4YBRC2EAKJBITXSZHCHM/IMG_5391.JPG BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #15 Shilo in a cattle pond in semidesert grassland in eastern Arizona (note desert box turtle tracks). Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1512850756645-5A52WKCZPC51MKVQUMO4/IMG_5513.JPG BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #15 Chelsea Mahnk tracked one turtle to a kangaroo rat (Dipodomys sp.) burrow at the American Turtle Observatory study site in southern Arizona. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1512851300763-F02NSQS60XVLLX4QSKG2/IMG_5683.JPG BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #15 Charles Conner (Biotech, National Park Service) checking a hoop net trap for turtles at Quitobaquito Springs. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1512851190706-CBACU4V3VXOEOAF8HBPX/IMG_5697.JPG BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #15 Small creek that feeds into a pond at Quitobaquito Springs. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1512851598788-TPVUU689JPYQLYD4C5PI/1004171238a.jpg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #15 Researcher photographing a hatchling Sonoyta mud turtle (Kinosternon sonoriense longifemorale) at Quitobaquito Springs. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1512851375769-KJ2SJFT159R8GP34S416/IMG_5691.JPG BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #15 Charles Conner measuring a Sonoyta mud turtle (Kinosternon sonoriense longifemorale) at Quitobaquito Springs. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1512850337580-B9K15IKAUFRDNMCZAHEZ/IMG_5488.JPG BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #15 Chelsea Mahnk (Field Biologist, American Turtle Observatory) setting a trap in a cattle pond in southern Arizona. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1512849635659-CQ9ZGZ2SULBM9T4HKM8E/IMG_5383.JPG BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #15 Wade Zarlingo with Shilo during fieldwork in eastern Arizona. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1512852442543-OL485PIHXRSTFVNYN9S2/IMG_5727.JPG BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #15 Sonoran desert tortoise (Gopherus morafkai) habitat at a study site located north of Phoenix, Arizona. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1512852839708-J9AZNTT7QP5MSM7AHYX5/IMG_5769.JPG BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #15 Adult regal horned lizard (Phrynosoma regalis) at a desert study site located north of Phoenix, Arizona. Transmitter attached by adhesive glue. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1512851658358-U0UNOJB9XM1ZCA45KPJQ/1004171240.jpg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #15 Juvenile Sonoyta mud turtle (Kinosternon sonoriense longifemorale) at Quitobaquito Springs. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1512849824588-YR04M3MC9KU40NQ24MER/DSC_9683.JPG BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #15 Adult desert box turtle (Terrapene o. luteola) located by a second bird dog during a survey in semidesert grassland in eastern Arizona. Photograph by J. Ehrenberger. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1512850487680-FYGADO3QNLR1E4MVSX8Y/IMG_5569.JPG BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #15 George L. Heinrich taking measurements from an adult male Arizona mud turtle (Kinosternon arizonense) in southern Arizona. Photograph by Cristina A. Jones. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1512848980138-L8J3ZIZLHCJNA84RFQSW/IMG_5526.JPG BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #15 Cristina A. Jones (Turtles Project Coordinator, Arizona Game and Fish Department) holding an Arizona mud turtle (Kinosternon arizonense) in southern Arizona. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1512849240378-EA8GUXDHX3F48P08Y4FE/IMG_5454.JPG BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #15 Saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) in a typical Arizona landscape. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1512851772685-ZM4DXNK39S97UTQ1JMJF/IMG_5660.JPG BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #15 Cristina A. Jones holding a Sonoyta mud turtle (Kinosternon sonoriense longifemorale) at Quitobaquito Springs in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument (Arizona). Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1512852067475-U2LHN531JW8V1HMQMCIF/DSC07042.JPG BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #15 Audrey Owens (now Ranid Frogs Project Coordinator, AZGFD) and George L. Heinrich at Saguaro National Park in 2012. Photograph by Timothy J. Walsh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1512852775263-6QAGPFPIJ919FLO9UPIR/1005170850a.jpg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #15 Adult Sonoran desert tortoise (Gopherus morafkai) located by radiotracking. Note transmitter attached to carapace. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1512850567636-9QMY6GJXJ5HHMRN6AV55/IMG_5535.JPG BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #15 Cristina A. Jones and George L. Heinrich with an adult male Arizona mud turtle (Kinosternon arizonense) captured in southern Arizona. Photograph by Chelsea Mahnk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1512850413510-9BALE0CVV710JDGBUSF9/1003171243.jpg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #15 Adult male Arizona mud turtle (Kinosternon arizonense) captured at the American Turtle Observatory study site located in southern Arizona. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1512852255873-W4IKQ5L2RJSEGGWZ6OYV/IMG_5832.JPG BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #15 Hunter McCall (Wildlife Specialist, AZGFD) setting a collapsible trap in Sonora mud turtle (K. s. sonoriense) habitat north of Phoenix, Arizona. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1512851851910-I0DQL4QK3EKMAJ4Y87RT/IMG_5649.JPG BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #15 Tyler Coleman (Wildlife Biologist, NPS) and George L. Heinrich with a Sonoyta mud turtle (Kinosternon sonoriense longifemorale) at Quitobaquito Springs. Photograph by Cristina A. Jones. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1512923436802-XZZDLWROT67WLFH4W8E9/IMG_5810.JPG BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #15 Collapsible trap set in Sonora mud turtle (K. s. sonoriense) habitat north of Phoenix, Arizona. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1512852515199-GJFSJIYCS6096W2J9V8E/IMG_5733.JPG BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #15 Dr. Brian Sullivan (Arizona State University) radiotracking a Sonoran desert tortoise (Gopherus morafkai) at his long-term study site. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1512852586759-XYBWK6PQV9U88VM1XTOF/IMG_5754.JPG BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #15 George L. Heinrich photographing a Sonoran desert tortoise (Gopherus morafkai) in a caliche shelter. Photograph by Ryan Clark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1512851518352-G8GXXJAY0S7N71Z3CBAM/1004171209b.jpg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #15 Adult Sonoyta mud turtle (Kinosternon sonoriense longifemorale) at Quitobaquito Springs. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1512851940445-XQ5Q9UYJQIELHTULY2Q6/IMG_5707.JPG BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #15 Vehicle barrier along the border at Quitobaquito Springs in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument (Arizona). Mexico Highway 2 can be seen in the distance. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1512851448562-5Z3ZAO36MZ6GQ0MHGGJV/IMG_5668.JPG BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #15 Peter Holm (Ecologist, National Park Service) weighing a Sonoyta mud turtle (Kinosternon sonoriense longifemorale) at Quitobaquito Springs. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1512851039402-HS8RDUDVT1O0DZK2QPCL/IMG_5633.JPG BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #15 Sonoyta mud turtle (Kinosternon sonoriense longifemorale) habitat (0.5 acre pond) at Quitobaquito Springs in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument (Arizona). Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1512850832328-WDJBDKPZT3DL6LKCWI7A/IMG_5577.JPG BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #15 Chelsea Mahnk releasing an Arizona mud turtle (Kinosternon arizonense) at a cattle pond in southern Arizona. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1512921569332-UEIZPLGBPPU8AH15CI04/azgf_logo-1.gif BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #15 State wildlife agency logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1512850225910-BAIFT9LMVILYD6SMQV8L/1003170950.jpg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #15 Arizona mud turtle (Kinosternon arizonense) habitat in southern Arizona. Note traps set in pond. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://www.thebigturtleyear.org/blog/2017/12/29/the-big-turtle-year-update-16 monthly 0.5 2018-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1514558166718-P003OYONBRSPZ8936NMF/1020171200a.jpg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #16 An adult, male razorback musk turtle (Sternotherus carinatus) captured in the Bogue Chitto River. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1514646718966-IS1JM8OJ3R74EEEMNU8J/1020171403h.jpg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #16 Adult, male ringed map turtle (Graptemys oculifera), species #50 for TBTY (Bogue Chitto River). Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1514558352351-YXDHOMF1Y7P0UOLACDU6/1020171508a_HDR.jpg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #16 George L. Heinrich holding a Pearl River map turtle (Graptemys pearlensis), species #49 for TBTY (Bogue Chitto River, Walthall County, Mississippi). Photograph by Grover Brown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1514646974899-JXVMW5IWMQRXM4IMIY07/IMG_5902.JPG BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #16 Site of the Battle of the Big Black River Bridge. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1514647049817-YPNW7FB21W0LRG7R6PRI/IMG_5904.JPG BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #16 Eastern mud turtle (Kinosternon s. subrubrum) habitat in Forrest County, Mississippi. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1514647073596-YIV9DUQAKEPS6H6MBU22/IMG_5907.JPG BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #16 Michael Bargeron standing outside the Parkway Tavern in New Orleans. Visiting historical eateries added even more fun to the trip. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1514644371014-0KG90YSFV8WQX7NVAIBE/1020171503g.jpg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #16 Adult, female Pearl River map turtle (Graptemys pearlensis) in the Bogue Chitto River. Note healed, old injury to the nose. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1514646779937-C5YKMD71YK985NK91SG4/1020171424a.jpg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #16 Adult, male red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) observed basking on the Bogue Chitto River. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1514647001068-YYRJ5I4S6DR45KTV0BGO/IMG_5895.JPG BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #16 Shell casings of various calibers scattered along the bank of the Big Black River. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1514558061698-863O3VF1Z9BIY5L6LQFI/IMG_5846.JPG BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #16 Grover Brown holding a razorback musk turtle (Sternotherus carinatus), species #48 for TBTY (Bogue Chitto River, Walthall County, Mississippi). Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1514646744193-N6RC5XEA5UA3ULMRBS5D/IMG_8170.JPG BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #16 Carapace of adult, male ringed map turtle (Graptemys oculifera) observed basking on the Bogue Chitto River. Photograph by Dirk Stevenson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1514646807660-3PVEX28JS4C20G7M91VM/1020171414d.jpg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #16 Adult, male common musk turtle (Sternotherus odoratus) hand-captured in the Bogue Chitto River. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1514646895152-K4QTUD4F5RNUA2LSIVZR/IMG_5886.JPG BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #16 Dirk Stevenson (with spotting scope) and Grover Brown searching for turtles in the Big Black River. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1514557914372-CJ0RIV5ZKBATRARM3U91/0612171004.jpg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1514646838486-ATLQ5794UWS40XKRXBBI/1020171414h.jpg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #16 Plastron of adult, male common musk turtle (Sternotherus odoratus) hand-captured in the Bogue Chitto River. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1514646867310-4BTBLW018Q0JNHNG7OTR/IMG_5876.JPG BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #16 Ouachita map turtle (Graptemys ouachitensis) habitat (Big Black River, Hinds and Warren counties, Mississippi). Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1514646923556-58SJO9H0TKZXL4PQ6MI9/G.+ouachitensis%2C+Warren+Co.%2C+MS.jpg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #16 Adult Ouachita map turtle (Graptemys ouachitensis), species #51 for TBTY, in the Big Black River (Warren County, Mississippi). Photograph taken by Grover Brown at a considerable distance with a Nikon P900. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1514647024347-7LRJNLV22XA5OROQVXHW/K+subrubrum%2C+Forrest+Co.%2C+MS.jpg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #16 Adult eastern mud turtle (Kinosternon s. subrubrum), species #53 for TBTY, in Forrest County, Mississippi. Photograph taken by Grover Brown at a considerable distance with a Nikon P900. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1514646950671-R0MKLZF5YV4E8AMSC6EH/A+mutica+mutica%2C+Hinds+Co.%2C+MS.jpg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #16 Adult midland smooth softshell turtle (Apalone m. mutica), species #52 for TBTY, in the Big Black River (Hinds County, Mississippi). Photograph taken by Grover Brown at a considerable distances with a Nikon P900. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1514647100814-K02JGECJO118SYH66ZYJ/1024171129.jpg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #16 Michael Bargeron enjoying raw oysters in Spanish Fort, Alabama. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://www.thebigturtleyear.org/blog/2018/1/3/hkdxnjxicxdg45o6hezjlda5c9yw6u monthly 0.5 2018-01-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1515005546055-76MHF76L80I9FTMW5GIV/IMG_5972.JPG BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #17 Lora L. Smith (Staff Scientist, JERC) leading the way downriver on Ichawaynochaway Creek. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1515006022661-14LG71PNBORDPTRJTM9P/IMG_5998.JPG BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #17 A beautiful, juvenile southern hognose snake (Heterodon simus) captured in the uplands at JERC. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1515005792630-N8E23BNDPJ7D0AIGO11Q/graptemys+barbouri+%28tw%29.JPG BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #17 This photograph of a basking male Barbour's map turtle (Graptemys barbouri) was taken by Timothy J. Walsh in Jackson County, Florida prior to The Big Turtle Year. Species #54 was actually a large, adult female. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1515006096535-4AV1BBBCW32I6A5HW876/IMG_5634.JPG BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #17 Lora L. Smith and George L. Heinrich at a known chicken turtle site located at JERC. Photograph by John Byrd. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1515006664351-BWVZX07GJ7JOUHB0BCXK/1108170843.jpg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #17 Adult southeastern crowned snake (Tantilla coronata), photographed at Dr. Whit Gibbons’ private preserve. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1515005633754-EQ4S0JOCU5WX8NASLC4P/IMG_6029.JPG BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #17 John Byrd (Clinch River Environmental Studies Organization) checking hoop net traps on Ichawaynochaway Creek. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1515006366806-81OLPB30Z1RWBLWD78S5/IMG_6082.JPG BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #17 Dr. Whit Gibbons, George L. Heinrich, and John Byrd (left to right) at Whit’s private preserve in Orangeburg County, South Carolina. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1515006558474-AH331BC5ZOA58X16SOD3/1108170823b.jpg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #17 Dr. Whit Gibbons examining a juvenile common musk turtle (Sternotherus odoratus) captured at his private preserve. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1515006471948-6L7CSC8C039226M8ES4P/IMG_5643.JPG BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #17 Dr. Whit Gibbons and George L. Heinrich herping at Whit’s private preserve. Photograph by John Byrd. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1515005448488-P9FKLISUUK09CKS4C69E/IMG_6013.JPG BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #17 Ichawaynochaway Creek (Jones Ecological Research Center; JERC), home to several turtle species. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1515005351375-QC3PMGIDQBYZKCTZAG9N/IMG_6033.JPG BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1515005923926-OHCERSTE39KNPZGMPCCX/IMG_5986.JPG BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #17 James Hunt (Research Field Technician, JERC) and John Byrd (left to right) checking traps in upland habitat at JERC. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://www.thebigturtleyear.org/blog/2018/1/5/the-big-turtle-year-update-18 monthly 0.5 2018-01-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1515174600720-J0HITWR12MS20U3S1GX8/IMAG1196.jpg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #18 The Mud Skipper, the Marshall’s boat that we used to survey the shallow coastal waters near Steinhatchee, Florida. Photograph by Nancy Marshall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1515174533646-GBJXHOTJ5FIH3CZP5BGY/IMG_6286.JPG BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #18 Kemp’s ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) habitat, coastal shallow waters off the Florida coast north of Steinhatchee (Taylor County). Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1515174749726-T8KLUY6A84CCZJ26OIFC/IMAG1193.jpg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #18 Lynn Marshall and George L. Heinrich (left to right) exploring a coastal island in Florida’s Big Bend region. Photograph by Nancy Marshall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1515174676547-9N9WEP1I1GTF9NB8TOLO/IMG_6285.JPG BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #18 Lynn and Nancy Marshall surveying for Kemp’s ridley sea turtles in Florida’s Big Bend region. Photograph by George L. Heinrich. https://www.thebigturtleyear.org/blog/2018/1/5/the-big-turtle-year-update-19 monthly 0.5 2018-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1515175373380-OPC3E96544X1QT7LZX57/12266.jpeg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #19 George L. Heinrich giving the thumbs up after finding a hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) in the Florida Keys. Photograph by Bob Krause. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1515175443797-1GZ57L6UICEP1DWR2UHE/Islamorada+Crew.jpg BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #19 George L. Heinrich, Harrison Barzyk, and Bob Krause (left to right) returning from a successful search for a hawksbill sea turtle in the Florida Keys. Photograph by Jim Barzyk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1515175562730-CWZWGAZEAY9UPSNWDVTF/IMG_6328.JPG BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #19 Basking Florida chicken turtle (Deirochelys reticularia chrysea) in Fakahatchee Strand State Preserve (Collier County, Florida). Photograph by George L. Heinrich.   https://www.thebigturtleyear.org/blog/2018/1/5/the-big-turtle-year-update-20 monthly 0.5 2018-01-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/574c5114c6fc0859c44bbbc6/1515176922186-SU78JHFTZLL8ORTRI4WD/DSC07416+%282%29.JPG BLOG - The Big Turtle Year: Update #20 Adult, male gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) observed at Boyd Hill Nature Preserve (St. Petersburg, Florida) on 1 January 2017. This was the first species observed during The Big Turtle Year. Photograph by George L. 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