Great week! We started the week with our winter twig collections and an exam. I didn't get my marks yet but I think I passed. Twigs can be tricky. We finished math this week so woohoo no more of that!
Thursday I volunteered to drive to West PEI to conduct a survey for opening day of fishing season. We were measuring and scraping some scale samples from trout so we can get an idea of numbers and so we can age the fish later in the lab. Yes, I know, removal is not a good method for estimating population, but the fishermen are removing them anyway so there's no harm in counting them. When we finished surveying we went for a drive to North Cape (the northernmost tip of PEI) to see the lighthouse and the giant windmills that are up there. The 3 gorgeous ladies I was with are from the mainland and didn't get to see that end of the island yet. I'm not sure if I'll be able to claim the extra mileage but my fingers are crossed. We went through some of the small fishing villages up there too. Alberton is very nice and has a beautiful pond. Tignish is aweful and we were welcomed by people cursing at us and speeding past us even though there was oncoming traffic. The only good thing about Tignish is the Pizza Shack that I get breakfast pizza from when I do
Biking For Breakfast Challenge, and Gunner's Pub. They have really good food.
Friday we were cleaning nest boxes for American Kestrel and putting fresh shavings in so they can use them again. We saw a couple flying around. They were trying to anyway. It was really windy. Friday night I went over to my friend James' place to have our stoned movie night. It's become a weekly event. The past month we've watched Watchmen, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Tokyo Gore Police, Dead Alive, The Lost Boys, just to name a few. They were all fantastic. Any suggestions for next weeks movie will be greatly appreciated.
I visited my parents and our sheltie today! ...
Great week! We started the week with our winter twig collections and an exam. I didn't get my marks yet but I think I passed. Twigs can be tricky. We finished math this week so woohoo no more of that!
Thursday I volunteered to drive to West PEI to conduct a survey for opening day of fishing season. We were measuring and scraping some scale samples from trout so we can get an idea of numbers and so we can age the fish later in the lab. Yes, I know, removal is not a good method for estimating population, but the fishermen are removing them anyway so there's no harm in counting them. When we finished surveying we went for a drive to North Cape (the northernmost tip of PEI) to see the lighthouse and the giant windmills that are up there. The 3 gorgeous ladies I was with are from the mainland and didn't get to see that end of the island yet. I'm not sure if I'll be able to claim the extra mileage but my fingers are crossed. We went through some of the small fishing villages up there too. Alberton is very nice and has a beautiful pond. Tignish is aweful and we were welcomed by people cursing at us and speeding past us even though there was oncoming traffic. The only good thing about Tignish is the Pizza Shack that I get breakfast pizza from when I do
Biking For Breakfast Challenge, and Gunner's Pub. They have really good food.
Friday we were cleaning nest boxes for American Kestrel and putting fresh shavings in so they can use them again. We saw a couple flying around. They were trying to anyway. It was really windy. Friday night I went over to my friend James' place to have our stoned movie night. It's become a weekly event. The past month we've watched Watchmen, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Tokyo Gore Police, Dead Alive, The Lost Boys, just to name a few. They were all fantastic. Any suggestions for next weeks movie will be greatly appreciated.
I visited my parents and our sheltie today! All the pill pushers and other drug dealers in the trailer park across from our store recently found out the park changed ownership. A friend of ours bought it with a partner from Charlottetown and they think we are the partner so we've had a lot of people cursing us down. One of the posts around our store was on fire this morning. I'm not sure if those jerks from across the road had anything to do with it but I can't wait till they're gone. If any of you ever watched Trailer Park Boys (which is filmed 3 hours from where I live) you will have a good idea of the people that live across from our store. We don't even have to turn on our TV. I had to go back to my place though to get more work done on projects.
I don't know if any of you like butterflies but I'm volunteering this summer for the
Maritime Butterfly Atlas. Basically I get a couple 10km X 10km squares that are predetermined on a map and go for a hike 2 or 3 times a week catching butterflies and either keeping specimens or snapping photos. All the data will be sent to
Atlantic Canada Conservation Data Center and kept on record. All specimens will be permanently housed in one of the Natural History Museums in the maritimes. It's a five year study and we hope to map out the ranges/ populations of our butterfly species and hopefully discover the occurrence of species that we didn't think lived here or even find some brand new species. It's so exciting to think about.
Well I better go pick out some clothes to wear to tonight's 90s theme party!!! Gonna be fun. I still have Absinthe left over from my birthday so it'll be messy but full of awesomeness.
Ciao!
Thursday I volunteered to drive to West PEI to conduct a survey for opening day of fishing season. We were measuring and scraping some scale samples from trout so we can get an idea of numbers and so we can age the fish later in the lab. Yes, I know, removal is not a good method for estimating population, but the fishermen are removing them anyway so there's no harm in counting them. When we finished surveying we went for a drive to North Cape (the northernmost tip of PEI) to see the lighthouse and the giant windmills that are up there. The 3 gorgeous ladies I was with are from the mainland and didn't get to see that end of the island yet. I'm not sure if I'll be able to claim the extra mileage but my fingers are crossed. We went through some of the small fishing villages up there too. Alberton is very nice and has a beautiful pond. Tignish is aweful and we were welcomed by people cursing at us and speeding past us even though there was oncoming traffic. The only good thing about Tignish is the Pizza Shack that I get breakfast pizza from when I do Biking For Breakfast Challenge, and Gunner's Pub. They have really good food.
Friday we were cleaning nest boxes for American Kestrel and putting fresh shavings in so they can use them again. We saw a couple flying around. They were trying to anyway. It was really windy. Friday night I went over to my friend James' place to have our stoned movie night. It's become a weekly event. The past month we've watched Watchmen, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Tokyo Gore Police, Dead Alive, The Lost Boys, just to name a few. They were all fantastic. Any suggestions for next weeks movie will be greatly appreciated.
I visited my parents and our sheltie today! ...