The wetland flowers have been hit by the frost, and they look pretty drab now. Currently work is consisting of writing up the report and I am looking forward to working in the wetland next semester.
We left Freed at about 6 that morning to got to the Bat Conference near Nashville. Our group did well and we learned a lot form the 10 different presentations that were given.
Me and Tristan went out to the site. There was a little water near but we decided to go in anyway. We were only able to get to 7 trees and there wasn’t any bats in any of the trees.
After a rough start of cold weather and an uncooperative pH meter, we (Leanne and I) sighted three otters in Sugar Creek! We thought they might be beavers at first, but then they came into full view, and they were definitely otters. Quite the exciting morning! But back in the lab, we got a little [...]
Now we are looking at all of the data from the past few years. We are looking for patterns and other info that could be helpful. We will be presenting next semester at a conference.
We have learned that feeding geckos isn’t as easy as it looks. We always have to be aware of where the geckos are in the cage especially if they hide in the upper corners!! They could easily escape if we lift the cage, but usually the light in the room causes them to hide in [...]
We have three tanks for the three species of geckos. We started them with a turf substrate, but then decided to change it to a soil environment. It was definately hard switching them over to change the tanks. They are very quick! Luckily, we haven’t let one escape yet! We have kept them separate this [...]
We have had our geckos for a little while now and they appear comfortable in their new environment. We have three diffeent species with about ten of each. Some even arrived pregnant! We now have three eggs which is very exciting.
This week was my third week of water sampling and identifying bacteria. Previously, I had just incubated all of the bacteria samples at the same temperature for the same amount of time, but then I looked back at last year’s study and found that the plates were at different temperatures for different amount of times, [...]
The flower specimens that were collected during the semester were all identified and stored for future botany students. Maybe a few more work days this semester in the wetlands but mostly the project consists of writing at this point.
