 |
| C. similis nesting mounds |
It may seem odd to declare the return of a missing iguana through a photo of nesting mounds -- but our best guess is that White-White-Brown, gone since 2/5/16, was off laying her eggs. Her return and sighting today showed us a healthy-looking but thin iguana. Tag intact, attached to her body, solar battery well charged, all is good.
 |
| Female digging her nest. |
 |
| WWBr looking thin yet healthy! |
 |
| WWBr |
Part of calibration and deployment means attempting to understand how well tags work and endure the natural inclination of
C. similis to shove themselves into small rock crevices, dead tree limbs, and all sorts of human-created refuge spots. We now have proof that nest digging does not damage a tag, and that the natural pattern of digging and resting will keep a solar battery charged. Or, at least in the case of WWBr, it works!
Of nine tagged animals, two are male. Of the seven female, two are missing with no tag radio signals. We are hopeful they, like WWBr, will return in good health, simply behaving normally.
No comments:
Post a Comment