Today was a bit of a longer day at Cook's Lake Farm, but we definitely got a lot of work done.
As usual, we checked our mammal traps as soon as we got to the site. Pictures here are Karen with her catch, a red-backed vole, and Joan (close-up) with a bog lemming. Bog lemmings are caught much less frequently. Like voles and mice they are in the rodent family, but tend to be much smaller, and as you can see in the picture, the juveniles are dark-gray in color. My team (Team B) did not do well at all today on the trapping scene. We found six closed traps, but they were all empty!
The team completed another round of deer dropping surveys after checking our traps. Pictured are my teacher friends Jan and Bob taking a much needed rest. Of course, our project dog Lycos is never far away. Even our project leaders Chris and Christina found time for a short rest.
We ended the day with two hours of path clearing. Chris and Christina need some new paths at the lake site for future mammal monitoring, so Earthwatch Team Five was on board to help out!
I grabbed the axe, Bob OWNED the saw and Jen found a pair of hedge clippers to help her do the job. We definitely earned our dinner that night.
6 comments:
Do you think the voles look like mice? They are so cute!
Was you sced hodeing the vole.
hi this is Nikki i hope you are having a GREAT TIME!I Am having fun hope you are too.i wonder what animals you are seeing???????I MISS YOU SOOOOO MUCH[p.s.much is one of our spelling words]the challenge words were really hard!i hope your plane is not delayed hope my message brings warmth in your heart!BYE
Were you scird when you were holding a vole? Can you bring some pichers back?
Were you scird when you were holding a vole? Can you bring some pichers back?
Do you think that vole was cute? I can't wait to see you Mrs Andrews!
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