Day 2
Day 2: 6-6-06
Today we waited for an hour a biologist to come here from Burley (the next town to the east), then we headed to the field to practice identifying birds by their song or call. I have no idea of the actual location but it was about 2 hours out and half of it was on dirt roads. We were too late in the day to get most of the birds but we were able to identify the Western Meadowlark, the Sage Thrasher, the Brewer’s Sparrow and the Horned Lark. After a while we took off down the road towards the Pygmy Rabbits but got side tracked by a Burrowing Owl nest. At the nest we got our GPS units out and recorded the point where it was so we could download it into the computer when we got back to the office. Since we had the GPS unit out already we decided to plot a point and have the unit lead us there. We had some trouble but we eventually figured it out and really learned how to use them in the process. By the time we got to the Pygmy Rabbits we only had time to find one of the nesting areas before we took off back to the office again.
When we got back we were supposed to learn how to do data transfers from the GPS unit to the computer and back again but the lady that was supposed to teach us forgot so now we are supposed to do it tomorrow. Since we had some extra time we set up our rooms in the new office as best we could then went home a little early.
Today we waited for an hour a biologist to come here from Burley (the next town to the east), then we headed to the field to practice identifying birds by their song or call. I have no idea of the actual location but it was about 2 hours out and half of it was on dirt roads. We were too late in the day to get most of the birds but we were able to identify the Western Meadowlark, the Sage Thrasher, the Brewer’s Sparrow and the Horned Lark. After a while we took off down the road towards the Pygmy Rabbits but got side tracked by a Burrowing Owl nest. At the nest we got our GPS units out and recorded the point where it was so we could download it into the computer when we got back to the office. Since we had the GPS unit out already we decided to plot a point and have the unit lead us there. We had some trouble but we eventually figured it out and really learned how to use them in the process. By the time we got to the Pygmy Rabbits we only had time to find one of the nesting areas before we took off back to the office again.
When we got back we were supposed to learn how to do data transfers from the GPS unit to the computer and back again but the lady that was supposed to teach us forgot so now we are supposed to do it tomorrow. Since we had some extra time we set up our rooms in the new office as best we could then went home a little early.
posted by Gliterwolf at 8:07 PM
2 Comments:
Was the cd I made you of any help?
Somewhat, there was a whole new list once we got here. Like I said, unorganized. But that's ok I appritiate it anyway.
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