Tyler Mahard
End of field season
Our final road mortality survey for the season occurred on October 24th. We completed weekly surveys from May through September 24th, and...
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Tyler Mahard
Aug 22, 20202 min read
Week 16: road-killed imperiled birds, litter removal & processing
In addition to another road-killed opossum and two unidentified songbirds, we documented our second road-killed saltmarsh sparrow and our...
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Tyler Mahard
Aug 13, 20202 min read
Week 15: more litter removal, interesting terrapin behavior observed
We're happy to report that no roadkill was observed this week. We documented two occurrences of live terrapins out in the marsh. Looking...
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Tyler Mahard
Aug 7, 20204 min read
Week 14: first litter cleanup, insight from DOT, continued fundraising
As expected, no new evidence of terrapin activity was observed during our road mortality survey this week. We documented four road-killed...
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Tyler Mahard
Jul 30, 20202 min read
Week 13: turtle crossing signs, nesting concludes, fundraising continues
This week, I was surprised to discover two turtle crossing signs that had been installed at the terrapin roadkill hotspot we've been...
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Tyler Mahard
Jul 22, 20203 min read
Week 12: saltmarsh sparrow, nesting terrapin, and continued fundraising
Earlier this week, during our regular weekly survey at the Fairfield County roadkill hotspot, we documented twenty-four depredated turtle...
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Tyler Mahard
Jul 17, 20202 min read
Week 11: crowdfunding campaign launch & live terrapins
This was a big week! Following months of planning, I launched the crowdfunding campaign for this project after completing the associated...
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Tyler Mahard
Jul 9, 20201 min read
Week 10: turtle road crossing assist
This week I documented 28 more depredated terrapin nests, 4 road-killed birds, and 8 live diamondback terrapins. Surprisingly, no new...
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Tyler Mahard
Jul 5, 20201 min read
Week 9: nesting ramps up
This week we documented 85 newly depredated nests along the one-mile causeway that we've been surveying weekly since May. We also...
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Tyler Mahard
Jun 24, 20202 min read
Week 8: more nesting & vehicle strikes
We documented 29 depredated terrapin nests at the Fairfield County hotspot during our survey this week. At least two terrapins were...
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Tyler Mahard
Jun 18, 20201 min read
Week 7: terrapin nesting is underway
Terrapins have begun nesting in Connecticut. Our survey earlier this week revealed several turtle nests that had been dug up by predators...
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Tyler Mahard
Jun 10, 20201 min read
Week 6: more road-killed birds
We documented four road-killed birds during our survey earlier this week. Still, there has been no concrete evidence of terrestrial...
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Tyler Mahard
Jun 2, 20201 min read
Week 5: possible evidence of terrapin activity on land
No road-killed or live terrapins were observed on this survey. A muskrat was the only road-kill victim observed since the time of last...
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Tyler Mahard
May 26, 20201 min read
Week 4: terrapin activity in the marsh
Yesterday I completed the fourth survey at the terrapin road mortality hotspot in Fairifeld County. I observed at least three diamondback...
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Tyler Mahard
May 19, 20201 min read
Week 3: remains of road-killed terrapins from previous seasons
Yesterday, Noelle and I completed our third survey of the season at the Fairfield County Road Mortality Hotspot. Since last week, two...
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Tyler Mahard
May 12, 20201 min read
Week 2: turtle plastron and a mouse
Yesterday I completed the second survey at the Fairfield County hotspot. Spring has been off to a chilly start, and I did not observe any...
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Tyler Mahard
May 6, 20201 min read
Week 1: first survey completed
The first survey at the Fairfield County hotspot was completed this Monday. There was no evidence that terrapins have become active yet...
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Tyler Mahard
Apr 30, 20201 min read
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This Monday (May 4th), I'm planning the first terrapin road mortality survey of the season at a hotspot in Fairfield County, CT. I'm also...
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