These light-level dataloggers provided novel insight into basking behavior with minimal interference on our part.

We also observed an overall downward trend in aerial basking as water temperatures increased throughout the summer leading into fall hibernation.

We used light-level dataloggers to compare intersexual variation in basking behavior of northern map turtles across their active season. We found that males and females spent a similar amount of time basking overall, but the timing of peak basking differed between the two sexes.