#FieldTechniques is over. I have unpacked, eaten Meatapalooza leftovers and napped. Not up for much else today
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
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
5 practice talks critiqued, 4 paper drafts read and edited, now for the real talks.
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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
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??
Back in Seattle briefly then on to Virginia to teach Wildlife #FieldTechniques with @marcellajkelly starting on Tuesday
Passes the IACUC exam, thanks for the good wishes!
Now I can teach #fieldtechniques students to trap,net, and survey all sorts of critters
#fieldtechniques shopping time! On the list
Reflective flags
Gopher trap
1500 sandwich ziplocks
Black sharpies
flagging tape
Gallon ziplocks
#fieldtechniques students are sending us their own respirator selfies. It is pretty great https://x.com/AnneWHilborn/status/727575074350497792
.@marcellajkelly and I model the respirators we will need in August for #fieldworkfaceoff during #fieldtechniques
Pic also encapsulates the relative energy levels after a day of teaching #FieldTechniques
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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
Bit more than an hour away from giving my "Title IX and sexual harassment in the field" lecture in #fieldtechniques
Every zebra has a unique stripe pattern #fieldtechniques https://t.co/IzZ7w4FXiL
Elephants are individually ID'd by notches and holes in the ears
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You can tell lions apart by whisker spots and ear notches, broken teeth, bitten off tails etc
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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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