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Magnified drone imagery of turtle behaviors.

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posted on 2021-10-27, 17:23 authored by Amy P. Bogolin, Drew R. Davis, Richard J. Kline, Abdullah F. Rahman

(A) 26 Pseudemys gorzugi basking on one rock at Eagle Pass Golf Course, spillway into Rio Grande, Maverick County. An additional P. gorzugi is seen swimming towards the rock for 27 P. gorzugi total in this image; (B) Subaerial basking of P. gorzugi and Trachemys scripta elegans on aquatic vegetation at Del Rio, San Felipe Springs Golf Course, San Felipe Creek, Val Verde County; (C) Two Apalone spinifera exhibiting courting behaviors in the Rio Grande, spillway below Amistad Dam, Val Verde County; (D) Pseudemys gorzugi seen foraging on aquatic vegetation in TNC Dolan Falls Preserve, Devils River, Dolan Falls, Val Verde County.

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