There was far too much rain for
us to go about spraying chemicals; lucky for us some of the researchers we’re
housed with needed a hand. They are
studying the effects of logging on small mammals and have set up a number of
traps in different forests to catch them for observation. I’m not exactly sure what they will do once
we catch them as today my group went through over 200 traps and didn’t find a
single mammal, but we will hopefully find out tomorrow! Forecasts are saying we have another rainy
day in store for us so in all likelihood we will be helping our new friends
again. I just have to say I am excited
about all this rain because it has kept away all the ticks and other nagging
insects. To give you an idea of how bad
they are here I was outside a grand total of 20 minutes (on a dirt road) and I
somehow acquired a carry-on. Our fellow
residents are saying that on a good day they come back with a parasite number
in the low teens, sooo you won’t hear me complaining if the weather continues
its present course!
Despite having a shorter day of
service I am beat. We sat down and watched
that Guardian movie with the researchers we helped once we got back—it’s the
one that involves owls. That was
fun. They are all very caring and
energetic folk. I think we are going to
all get along splendidly. Talk to you
all later!
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