Image from National Geographic

We were curious to see what our turtles would do as Hurricane Earl approached. Would they head out to open water or try and tuck into a bay or secluded area. It looks like they chose the latter of the options. All four turtles are currently heading into Long Island sound and are hugging the coastline.

Goose, as you all know, is a green sea turtle we released last year with a satellite tag. Last Thursday marked the one year anniversary of that turtle's release and the tag is still transmitting! We thought we would revisit some fond memories and look back over the year in maps with some Google Earth videos (below) and photos of that turtle's time with our team.
Of course we have to revisit when Goose showed up at the New England Aquarium. It was a cold day, November 20, 2008. Dr. Innis first mentioned Goose in this post. The photo below reminds us that the turtle was not doing well and needed help breathing as it was tubed and getting breaths via the ambu bag. Also that large barnacle on the top part of the shell gave the name to our green turtle. It's a gooseneck barnacle (as Kerry explained in this post).






Below is a photo of goose prior to release. We take a series of photos called exit photos whenever a turtle is leaving the Aquarium, whether it is for a transport to another facility or, as in the case with this photo, if they are going to be released.



Below you can see us working on getting the satellite tag affixed to the turtle. This tag was applied in the Aquarium's medical center. We also tagged our turtle Navajo this year in the medical center as well. Check out this post for more about the turtles we tagged this year. Learn more about tagging Goose here.



Then down to the beach and off to the ocean! (There are more release photos here and here.)



Now on to the satellite tracking maps!