Box Turtle Nest and Cage

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Some of the staff witnessed one of our transmitter turtles laying eggs. They saw her lay two.

Just laid the eggs.
Covering the nest.
To protect her eggs from predators, one of the conservation interns and myself built her a nest cage.

We used left over chicken wire, zip ties and sticks to build it. Check out the pictures below. I also laminated a sign that reads: BOX TURTLE NEST - DO NOT DISTURB.


View from the top, with the sign.
Side view. 


And in other internship related news, the Raptor Team traveled to Charlotte last Friday to visit the Carolina Raptor Center, where we got a behind-the-scenes tour of the rehabilitation hospital and picked up our newest raptors: a female Kestrel, whom we've named Artemis and an Eastern Screech Owl (gender still unknown) whom we are debating on naming Loki (Marvel's Avengers) or Pigwidgeon (Ron's owl from Harry Potter). These birds are both flighted and are not used to human contact so we will be working with them to get them familiar so we can use them as education animals. They were both injured and those injuries resulted in them not being fit for relief. The owl is missing one eye and has damage to the other, and the kestrel is blind in one eye. We hope to be able to take care of them and give them a happy, comfortable life. :)
 
 



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Kalysha Clark is a recent graudate of North Carolina State University where she earned a Bachelor's of Science in Zoology and a minor in nonprofit studies. She is currently serving as a member of AmeriCorps and will return to NC State in January to begin her Master's program in Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology.

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I am a graduate of NC State University with a Bachelors of Science in Zoology and a minor in Nonprofit Studies.

I am currently a Master's Student at NC State studying Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology. Part of my thesis will focus on how state action plans and policies look at and incorporate climate change and land use change. I am highly interested in habitat use, movement ecology and behavior, and hope to study these during my Master's and, later, my PhD.

I am currently working on my North Carolina Environmental Education Certification.

My skills include: Radio telemetry, Camera Trap Installation and Calibration, Animal Handling, Data Entry and Management, Animal Husbandry, Animal Behavior, Wildlife Rehabilitation, Raptor Handling, Project Planning, Fundraising, Public Speaking, Time Management and Organization

Classes I'm Currently Taking

-Conservation Biology
-Quantitative Methods in Education
-Wildlife Seminar
-Resource Selection Functions

Current Projects

-Evaluating Efficacy of Conservation Planning in the Southeast
-Evaluating the Household Dynamics of Wildlife Value Orientations

Honors, Awards, and Certifications

-Bachelor of Science in Zoology, 2015
-Minor in Nonprofit Studies
-Dean's List, Spring 2012, Fall 2013
-Roots and Shoots Founders' Award, $100, 2012-2013
-Basic Wildlife Rehabilitation Certification, March 2013
-Visionary Leader Certificate, Spring 2012

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