Field Report 018 · Land & Ecology
Desert
Tortoise
Sighting!
Desert Tortoise First sighting for a lot of us
This guy came wandering across the road when Josie saw it. Everyone from the community came down to the village to watch. Rick, who is our wildlife expert says it is old, like maybe 80 years old. Robert said that they usually stay within 300 feet (or yards) of their home, so it lived close buy. Dave said (by text) that is was probably a female because it did not have a large horn under it's neck.
Josie followed it down the hill as it went down the road for about 30 minutes.
A first for a lot of us!
Photographic Record
The work, seen in place
Selected photographs from the private FieldStation source record.
System Thread
Related Fieldstation records
Public synopsis derived from Boulder Gardens Fieldstation Workbook source record FR018. Detailed equipment records, calculations, unresolved questions, and corrections remain in the workbook.