On Thursday (April 4), we set up stations for tomorrow's lab where students were assigned stations along the Otonabee River and recorded the abundance and diversity of waterfowls on the river, as well as other environmental variables, including water flow, location of waterfowl on the river, and habitat type of the embankment.
We saw some interesting things, such as:
We saw some interesting things, such as:
Ice bells?
Lichen growing on a slanted wood surface.
Today, I came to school and checked on our maple sap collection. Because it was cold last night and warm this morning, all of our buckets were overflowing with sap! How wonderful! Unfortunately, we didn't have the big buckets readily available, so I couldn't do anything except wait for the others to collect tomorrow. I also saw my first flower of 2013. Hints of spring are starting appear!
I am currently in discussion with a potential PhD supervisor in the University of Ottawa, and tomorrow I will finally meet her in person, as well as meet other professors in the department, and tour the university and city. Super excited about it!
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