2011/05/22

Quick post from Edmonton

Hello from Edmonton. I arrived at Edmonton about a hour ago and now waiting for another graduate student from Trent to arrive. We are planning to go to Elk Island National Park and then we will travel to Inuvik, NWT tomorrow morning.

Now, here are the photos from yesterday where I went to do a Grassland Bird Survey (GBS) with my supervisor's husband in the morning (woke up around 5:20am), then came back to their home and got ready to go to their cottage. Overall, it was a fulfilling but tiring day, considering I woke up early than usual and kayaked and canoed (not activities I do everyday).

In the morning.


Morning Moon
Morning Moon.

Harrier fly-by.

European Starlings nesting in telephone pole.

White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
Seeing White-tailed Deer in the field.

Country Life
Country Life

Herschel
This is Herschel, the other cat in my supervisor's house.

Arriving at the cottage.

Waiting to go in
Bringing the kayaks and canoes out.


Canoeing in Mississauga Lake
In the water!

Canoeing in Mississauga Lake

Canoeing in Mississauga Lake

Canoeing in Mississauga Lake

Turkey Vulture

Canoeing in Mississauga Lake

Canoeing in Mississauga Lake

Other critters around the cottage - bumble bee resting on window edge.

Maybe a Sweat Bee.

Mayfly?

Green Frog (Rana clamitans)
Green Frog on the lake shores.

The drawers and hidden spaces in the cottage was full of mice droppings and beech nut shells. We spent quite a while cleaning up and when we were about to head home, we got this surprise!

Deer Mice babies (Peromyscus spp.)
Four deer mice babies in a pillow with cotton possibly from mattresses.

Deer Mice babies (Peromyscus spp.)

Deer Mice babies (Peromyscus spp.)
So cute!

Deer Mice babies (Peromyscus spp.)
In the end, we moved them out of the cottage and placed near the foundation of the building hoping the mother would be able to find them and take them somewhere else.

Eastern Chipmunk (Tamias striatus)
Another cute animal around the cottage - Eastern Chipmunk.

Eastern Chipmunk (Tamias striatus)
Bye-bye!

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