It is now week 6 at the South Florida Caribbean Inventory and Monitoring Network here in South Florida. So just an update on what I have been doing: as I have mentioned before I am working on the colonial nesting bird program which has been...
[caption id="attachment_8107" align="alignright" width="225"] Redwhisker clammyweed[/caption] The weather here at Capulin Volcano National Monument is much different than what I usually experience in coastal California. California's Mediterranean climate means cool wet winters and hot dry summers. Here at Capulin we tend to have hot, sometimes humid...
I just wrapped up week 6 of 12 of my internship, officially putting me at the "halfway mark" of my summer with the Mosaics in Science Diversity program. I can hardly believe that it's been six weeks since I moved south to California and started...
This past week, the fisheries crew and I have been surveying Pine Gulch Creek, a small watershed that runs through Bolinas, CA. To get a better picture of how the environment and fish community structures have changed over time, we’ve been practicing a variety of...
Prior to this internship, I had never been camping, repelling, or on long hikes. Today, I can now say I have done all three! My co-workers and I went on a camping trip to Crater Lake National Park earlier this summer, which was INCREDIBLE. I...
[caption id="attachment_7923" align="alignleft" width="367"] Pictured: Me and my friend, Caroline Black, a member of the invasive species removal crew sampling plants in the meadow. Caroline is recording the species that we find as I lean down to identify a plant.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_7924" align="alignright" width="366"] Pictured: The...
I've talked a bit about the phenology project at Lily Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park, so now I'd like to update you on what's been happening the last few weeks. Once a week, I go out to Lily Lake to see if any of...
It was a beautiful, clear and sunny day for a day hike. I set my sights on reaching Indian Henry's Hunting Ground with hopes to summit Pyramid Peak. My route was the Wonderland Trail. Total distance: an estimated 7-miles one-way (14 mi. round-trip). After an estimated...
[caption id="attachment_7899" align="aligncenter" width="411"] Picture of the Montezuma Peak along with the park facilities including my house.[/caption] In the last week over here at Coronado National Memorial, we have been placing acoustic monitor devices all around the park to monitor the sound of "Barking Frogs". These...
This week we had a special event at Capulin Volcano National Monument, BioBlitz 2018! Our BioBlitz is a yearly event where we invite the public to take part in several fun and educational activities not offered year round. A big part of a BioBlitz is...