It has been a long, crazy semester and now that the final grades have been entered and submitted, I can begin preparations for the fast-approaching field season. Why, I'll be jumping into lakes of data (quite literally)! How exciting!!!QUESTION 1: What checklist do I power through first?
Supplies to Purchase:
- Waterproof paper
- Flagging Tape
- Munsell Card (mini color checker)
- Bear Spray (just kidding :) ... I hope)
QUESTION 2: Whose the lucky sucker stuck with Mr. Tibbs for two months?
ANSWER: My parents -- you guys are the best!!
QUESTION 3: What vital information am I forgetting?
ANSWER: Layout a quick and dirty run down of the itinerary and then scrutinize it for major flaws...
May 20:
- Fly from Boston to Seattle
- Rent vehicle
- Drive 6 hrs up the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia
- Daily behavioral observations in stickleback populations of Egmont, Madeira Park, and Garden Bay, BC --> Any evidence of alternative mating tactics?
- Help produce and maintain crosses to be sent to Clark University, MA for lab rearing
- Drive back to Seattle
- Return rental vehicle
- Fly to Anchorage, Alaska
- Pick up rental vehicle
- Daily behavioral observations in stickleback populations of Mat-Su Valley and the Kenai Peninsula of Alaska --> What is the frequency and repertoire consistency of the cuckoldry mating tactic across populations?
- Field spectrophotometry measurements --> Do sneakers have a distinct coloration and patterning compared to other males?
- Help produce and maintain crosses to be sent to Clark University, MA for lab rearing
- See some moose and glaciers (tentative plan...)
- Return rental vehicle
- Red eye flight from Anchorage (to LA) to Boston
It looks like it is all laid out (but looks can be deceiving...)
Another pressing issue -- will my waterproof paper arrive in time??!!
