Showing posts with label dam. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dam. Show all posts

2015/01/01

Wrapping up 2014

After the school semester ended in mid-December, I continue to stay in Ottawa to work on my research, as well as taking care of Mertensia seeds and bumble bees for myself and others in the lab, and helping another graduate student with her project on spiny lizards.  I did the same things even in Christmas and felt I needed to get out of Ottawa and take a break.  Thankfully, a friend from Trent kindly invited me back to Peterborough for a few days and I had a great time there (I just returned from there this afternoon).

Half Moon
I bought a tripod this Boxing Day and will use it to stabilize my moon and macro photos in the future.

2014/06/20

Daily life in Colorado - Part 3

Research

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One of my study species - Mertensia brevistyla.

2011/09/23

Animals from Trent's drumlin

Well, I have been busy with school. What more can I say?

Actually, I can talk about the alternating rainy-sunny days that have been going on this week. Or that I went to a M.Sc student thesis defense about her project on Chimney Swifts on Tuesday. Or that I led my first ever lab in Plant Ecology to a drumlin next to the campus to teach students how to conduct plant sampling.

Yesterday was pretty fun too, when the AAA club had a meeting and then some of us hiked up to the drumlin to look for birds. There wasn't many birds in the afternoon, but we did saw a few interesting animals.


Common Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis)
Such as this handsome garter snake.

2011/05/14

Returning to Grouse Mountain

Long story short, my friend from Taiwan invited me to visit Grouse Mountain with her and knowing that I haven't been there in more than 10 years, I can't say no to the opportunity.

City View from SeaBus
Starting the trip across the Burrard Inlet by SeaBus, definitely my favorite method of public transportation in Vancouver.

2010/09/18

Day trip to North and West Vancouver

Today, my family and some family friends went to North Vancouver to do some sight-seeing.

Our first stop was the Capilano Salmon Hatchery. We saw a lot of salmons trying to swimming upstream to get to their destinations. Definitely a group of species that deserves to be admired and protected.

My mother said the "fall" is quite loud. I said Niagara Falls is definitely a thousand times louder than this.

Mist over Capilano River
Mist over the Capilano River. The mist added a sense of mystique to the river.
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