It’s official. Jacquelyn’s transmitter has stopped sending signals altogether. We had no information on her nesting origins when we tagged her. She was our mystery turtle. And so she remains.
But, in addition to her transmitter, Jacquelyn has a microchip in her shoulder muscle (called a “PIT”) and small metal tags on her rear flippers that identify her as a Canadian turtle. So when she nests someday, if we’re lucky, our research partners in the south will find her.
In our experience, it’s best to be an optimist if you are going to do environmental work. So we’re betting on luck helping us out with this one.
Miss Margaret is still going strong, swimming close to Barbados now as you can see.
She has a history of nesting in Trinidad, so we’re curious to see how long it is before she hauls up on a beach. We don’t expect this to happen for at least another month or two.
In the meantime, Margaret is going to be on television at the end of January!
We’re really excited about a documentary film about our leatherback work airing on CBC’s The Nature of Things on January 30 (at 7 p.m.). The film was made by award-winning directors Teresa MacInnes and Kent Nason and produced by Tell Tale Productions. You can check out the “Behind the Scenes” trailer here.
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Thanks for your interest! This is all we know about Jacquelyn right now. There is a chance that someone will find her on a nesting beach and identify her by her flipper or PITs (microchips). If that happens and we hear about it, we’ll be sure to let everyone know.