Andrew, Matt, and I tracked down CHO so that we could paint her transmitter to match her shell. After getting covered in many spider webs and getting cut up by many thorns we found ourselves walking in a small circle unable to find CHO. We were all getting more and more frustrated as the receiver indicated CHO should have been right there. Matt excitedly shouted “she’s right there!” and pointed to CHO walking right in front of my feet! Lucky for us the receiver works remarkably well. We took CHO back to the center and I painted the transmitter to match her shell. After the paint dried we returned her right where we found her. Check out this video of us putting her back! (Link will be inserted soon!)
The next day Andrew and I went back out to find CHO. Again we found ourselves frustrated and walking in a small circle unable to find her! The receiver had us walking over a fallen tree and then turning around and walking back over the fallen tree. Then we realized that CHO must be inside the tree! Excited we pointed the receiver at it and walked along the tree until the receiver was beeping unmistakably loud. Then we began to dig! And dig and dig and dig! CHO was buried deep inside the tree. Andrew and I could not believe it! After recording the GPS units and taking a picture (unfortunately we only had a cell phone camera), we reburied CHO and rushed back to share our story at the center.
-Trudie
