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#FieldTechniques is over. I have unpacked, eaten Meatapalooza leftovers and napped. Not up for much else today

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At 4 pm Thursday they present their research projects. A day and a bit to get results, write a paper, and do a presentation
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Our first rainy day @MLBS_UVA during #fieldtechniques. Glad all the fieldwork is done and the students are analyzing and writing up

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This afternoon we have a number of people demonstrating how to capture animals safely via traps, nets, dart guns etc..
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It has started to rain softly. The herp group is out surveying for salamanders. I am glad I am not
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When the student paper has a clear figure of the study area including a scale bar and N arrow
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Going to be grading #fieldtechniques papers today, going to need to look at cheetah pics to keep me going

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5 practice talks critiqued, 4 paper drafts read and edited, now for the real talks.

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@marcellajkelly

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Bird and camera trapping groups practice talks done, now on to herps and small mammals.
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Things are getting a wee bit tense in some of the groups after 12+ hours of data analysis, ppt creation and paper writing
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Up next is reading through the bird group's rough draft, the hopefully bed. Tmw is rest of practice talk and real talks.
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.@marcellajkelly &I've read the rough drafts of papers from the herp &mammal group & watched the bat group's practice talk.
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Had 20 minutes with excel that had me banging my head on the table. Now my forehead hurts.
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As promised, here's the video of the botfly being squeezed out of the mouse
Video by Erica Peyton
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That awful 5 seconds of silence after you confidently call a student with a raised hand the wrong name on the first day of #fieldtechniques

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The most beautiful thing you ever see in a field camp
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How will I prove to the #fieldtechniques students that I am a #seriousacademic without them??

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Back in Seattle briefly then on to Virginia to teach Wildlife #FieldTechniques with @marcellajkelly starting on Tuesday

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Passes the IACUC exam, thanks for the good wishes!
Now I can teach #fieldtechniques students to trap,net, and survey all sorts of critters

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#fieldtechniques shopping time! On the list
Reflective flags
Gopher trap
1500 sandwich ziplocks
Black sharpies
flagging tape
Gallon ziplocks

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#fieldtechniques students are sending us their own respirator selfies. It is pretty great https://x.com/AnneWHilborn/status/727575074350497792

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.@marcellajkelly and I model the respirators we will need in August for #fieldworkfaceoff during #fieldtechniques

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Pic also encapsulates the relative energy levels after a day of teaching #FieldTechniques
@marcellajkelly https://t.co/t53Rpz29Zb

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Held a review session for #fieldtechniques w @marcellajkelly-I still know bugger all bout gaits, but am golden on calculating gradient

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Bit more than an hour away from giving my "Title IX and sexual harassment in the field" lecture in #fieldtechniques

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Every zebra has a unique stripe pattern #fieldtechniques https://t.co/IzZ7w4FXiL

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Elephants are individually ID'd by notches and holes in the ears
#fieldtechniques https://t.co/iSyNjlPOw4

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You can tell lions apart by whisker spots and ear notches, broken teeth, bitten off tails etc
#fieldtechniques https://t.co/bHUTZ69wsh

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You can tell hyenas apart by their spots, but that is hard when they are muddy.
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Can we tell individuals of these species apart through natural markings?
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