I have data coming out of my ears. We blew through 1200 data sheets a week ago, and even though at least two crew members are entering data every day, we’re still behind. I was caught up on data checking on Monday. Today I have 22 sheets pending, and that’s just my half of it.
My second to last work week started off with a bang. We have three plots open for 2nd trapping and another three plots open for 3rd trapping. That’s 535 traps in play every morning – probably the most ambitious push to date. Thankfully, after three long days, we’ll be back to a more reasonable workload of four plots tomorrow.
With temps in the 90s and little to no wind, it’s been a strange September but trapping’s been grand.
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Things that make me go … grrrr
1. Unsolicited remarks about prairie dogs being bad for the environment and that plague is nature’s way of thinning them out.
2. I knew exactly three things about leaf blowers, and am absolutely hopeless at troubleshooting in the field when machinery breaks down because I don’t actually understand how these darn things work. Today, I know exactly four things about leaf blowers.
3. That I kinda bounce off a shovel when I jump on it, trying to dig into dry, compacted dirt.
4. My strategy for dealing with stress by working harder so I’m too exhausted to think, doesn’t work as well as I’d like it to.
5. Data checking.
6. I have to unscrew eight things just to replace a headlight in an old Jeep.
7. Dropping a screw after I’ve unscrewed eight things to replace a headlight in an old Jeep, for the second time, because each headlight decided to go defunct one week apart.
8. Old maps that don’t correspond to the lay of the land.
9. That I’m not more excited about going back to school.
10. Summer’s almost over.
2. I knew exactly three things about leaf blowers, and am absolutely hopeless at troubleshooting in the field when machinery breaks down because I don’t actually understand how these darn things work. Today, I know exactly four things about leaf blowers.
3. That I kinda bounce off a shovel when I jump on it, trying to dig into dry, compacted dirt.
4. My strategy for dealing with stress by working harder so I’m too exhausted to think, doesn’t work as well as I’d like it to.
5. Data checking.
6. I have to unscrew eight things just to replace a headlight in an old Jeep.
7. Dropping a screw after I’ve unscrewed eight things to replace a headlight in an old Jeep, for the second time, because each headlight decided to go defunct one week apart.
8. Old maps that don’t correspond to the lay of the land.
9. That I’m not more excited about going back to school.
10. Summer’s almost over.
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Trap Happiest: American Badgers
I’ve found my true love. These are such amazing beasts; cantankerous characters deserving of utmost respect. And if you get a chance, some pretty serious manhandling is certainly called for.
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