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Size of burrows are species specific
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November 9, 2024 at 10:24 PM
First time I tried to demonstrate a T test to a student, I failed
#yesIamaPhDstudent #ohdear
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November 9, 2024 at 12:01 PM
As predicted this was me at the end of #fieldtechniques <a href="http://t.co/Nlq2NWuuB2" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://t.co/Nlq2NWuuB2
November 9, 2024 at 11:55 AM
The respirator is going to be the 'in' look when we trap small mammals during #FieldTechniques in August. Cuz HANTA. <a href="http://t.co/tbKrurHG6X" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://t.co/tbKrurHG6X
November 9, 2024 at 7:19 PM
Unclear if doing work in the field exposes you to enough #hanta virus to be problematic.
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November 9, 2024 at 10:35 PM
Zach: Poop. You can measure it. You can use lots of words to describe it
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November 9, 2024 at 10:18 PM
Data entry for camera trapping studies is hugely time intensive
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November 9, 2024 at 10:18 PM
Been 1 case of hanta in VA but 47 in WA!
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November 9, 2024 at 7:57 AM
Because what you can wear by yourself in a Landrover differs from what you can wear setting mammal traps with 40 undergrads
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November 9, 2024 at 12:30 PM
Rocking the @SoapboxScience Tshirt while TAing in Virginia for #FieldTechniques <a href="http://t.co/NjvCiF37z4" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://t.co/NjvCiF37z4
November 9, 2024 at 12:01 PM
Males deposit more scat which creates a capture bias.
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November 9, 2024 at 10:30 PM
camera traps and genetics are the 2 non invasive ways to identify individual animals
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November 9, 2024 at 10:18 PM
Can get gender bias in camera trapping. Males work territorial boundaries, moving more, more pics.
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November 9, 2024 at 10:18 PM
Creating #fieldtechniques class site on Scholar with a cool 4 days to go. Duplicating last year's site no longer an option.
*punches screen*
November 9, 2024 at 7:57 AM
How well do you know your poop?
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November 9, 2024 at 10:35 PM
Oh God, there are a lot of frogs too. And snakes. Yikes.
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November 9, 2024 at 2:00 PM
There was much less singing of the Dirty Dancing theme song on the second herp survey, the one after midnight.
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November 9, 2024 at 12:07 PM
That worrying moment when it seems your body is trying to tell you you are too old for active fieldwork
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November 9, 2024 at 12:01 PM
So it begins #fieldtechniques
November 9, 2024 at 7:51 AM
Things are getting a wee bit tense in some of the groups after 12+ hours of data analysis, ppt creation and paper writing
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November 9, 2024 at 1:18 AM
Trying on all of the field shirts to see which still cover all the things that need to be covered in front of students.
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November 9, 2024 at 12:23 PM
If want hair from black bears, Make a corral trap with barbed wire and bait it with donuts.
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November 9, 2024 at 10:18 PM
Q) What is the bearing for S?
A) Um, not 175 degrees
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November 9, 2024 at 9:10 PM
I've done mist netting for birds, a smidge of small mammal trapping, but herps? Nope. Saw my first VA herp 2 weeks ago.
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November 9, 2024 at 2:18 PM
That shit aerosols deep into your lungs
#Hanta
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November 9, 2024 at 10:41 PM