Today we went back to Cook's Lake to set up our traps. When we got there we did ten 10 by 10 meter
quadrants looking for deer field signs. After that it was around lunch time and after we ate we took a little nap. We went up and collected grass for our traps, which we then set up to take to the field. We walked around a cabin to set our traps downhill, we remained in our teams to finish out the day. Once we got home, Chris prepared dinner while everyone cleaned up. After a delicious desert, Chris gave us a talk about what our data means and how to apply it to the population. It was really interesting to see
that what we do does make a difference and impacts the actions that scientists are going to make. Today, overall, mainly consisted of walking. It was more of a prep day for tomorrow, where we will check traps, look for more deer field signs and end the day with beaver watching.
Here is Maya at lunch time where we all
layed down for some down time.
This was my view from my nap time.
We walked up this hill to get to the cabin where we set up our traps.
This was a mushroom we found on our walk back to the van.
These are the animals Chris drew on the back of the van.
Today was a really nice day, it wasn't very strenuous - but we are all very tired. Some people have colds and it was a bit of a shock coming from the lazy day in Lunenburgh :)
Try to look for some great Northern Lights tonight (Tuesday night into Wednesday morning)
ReplyDeleteCNN) -- Attention, Earthlings: The sun is spewing plasma toward you, and the results could be beautiful.
Stargazers looking to the sky late Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning could see northern lights, or aurorae. According to the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, the potential light show started Sunday, when the sun's surface erupted and hurled tons of ionized atoms -- or plasma -- into space.
"This eruption is directed right at us, and is expected to get here early in the day on August 4th," said astronomer Leon Golub of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA). "It's the first major Earth-directed eruption in quite some time."
When such an expulsion reaches Earth, it interacts with the planet's magnetic field and can create a geomagnetic storm, the CfA said. Solar particles stream down the field lines toward Earth's poles. Those particles crash with atoms of nitrogen and oxygen in the atmosphere, which then glow like little neon signs.
Sky watchers in the northern U.S. and other countries should look toward the north late Tuesday or early Wednesday for rippling "curtains" of green and red light, the CfA said.