Once again, I've been dropped off at the internet cafe so that I can fill you in on my trip happenings..we're almost at the end. Room 106, thanks for today's post. What a great question (I will answer it in a separate post.) I will be flying back to Chicago this weekend, and ready to report to work on Monday. I can't wait to see everyone!
OK, I left off by telling you that we redeployed our Longworth traps in a forested area of Cook's Lake; very different from the first week's grassland area. Pictured is my teammate Bob setting one of our traps.
We had lunch at our base camp (the gazebo) as usual. I believe it was Hunter who asked about the things that I am NOT thrilled about. By now, I must say I am growing a bit weary of the same picnic lunch everyday, which consists of egg and tuna salads, small pieces of sausage and sandwich rolls. The deep pellet surveys are also not my favorite, but I'm getting through them.
After lunch, we were back off into the grassland (where we trapped last week) to conduct more Deer Pellet Inventories, otherwise known as poo time! Once again we measured out 10 meter by 10 meter sections to find as many scat piles as possible, which gives us an idea of the white-tailed deer population. Bob and I took some pictures of this activity so you can see the sequence. Hours of fun! Some days, we survey as many as seven sections.
The sideways picture (sorry about that I forgot to turn it before uploading) is my friend Carol holding something I learned is called a fummet. A fummet is a pile of deer droppings that has been molded together as one clump. Need I say more? See Carol looking lovingly at her fummet. I never in a million years thought I would be so excited about finding deer poop.
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Dear Mrs Andrews
why were you cutting down the tree?
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