GEORGINA PARFITT
  • Home
  • Contact
  • Diary
  • Understory

Red

10/12/2018

0 Comments

 
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
0 Comments

Skunk Hour

10/8/2018

0 Comments

 
Picture
Today I got to tag along on a field trip into the forest with the small mammal team. They had three skunks in the special traps they'd laid out, baited with strawberry jam and sardines. Their job today was to release two of them, and replace the GPS collar of the other. 
Picture
To be able to change the skunk's collar, they had to sedate him. That meant squeezing him down to the end of the trap with burlap, to stop him from spraying and keep him still enough to be injected. While they swapped the collar, they also took the opportunity to weigh him, check him over, and go through his fur with a nit comb for fleas. Even the fleas are of interest to the team -- they catch them in a little envelope and take them back to headquarters.  
Picture
Picture
Picture
0 Comments

Room

10/7/2018

0 Comments

 
Picture
Picture
0 Comments

"Short-term light events"

10/5/2018

0 Comments

 
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
0 Comments

Fancy deskmate

10/4/2018

0 Comments

 
Picture
0 Comments

Desk

10/3/2018

0 Comments

 
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
0 Comments

Into the Forest

10/2/2018

0 Comments

 
Picture
For the next two weeks, I'll be writer-in-residence in the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest! I'm in love already.
0 Comments

    Archives

    November 2018
    October 2018
    October 2016
    September 2016