Juan Sanchez measures the hind foot of a white-footed mouse. |
The animal was released after measurements were recorded. If high speed indicates alertness and health, then this animal was very alert and healthy! |
Juan Sanchez measures the hind foot of a white-footed mouse. |
The animal was released after measurements were recorded. If high speed indicates alertness and health, then this animal was very alert and healthy! |
Trees harvested from the property are used to make picnic tables and various other wood features that we use around the property. |
A portable sawmill is hired to mill the wood. |
Lumber is stacked and dried for future use. |
Nicole Morin strains and refills the multi-colored bowl traps used to capture native bees. |
Bees and other insects captured in bowl traps are strained and stored in plastic bags with tags until they can be identified later. |
Although it is mid-March, we captured lots of invertebrates in the bowl traps. |
(l to r) Eddie Matthews, Lukas Hyder, and Nicole Morin measure the spread of this tree's canopy. |
The circumference of the tree bole at a specific height up the trunk is measured. |
The height of the tree is measured using a clinometer at a specified distance from the tree. |
The tree is geo-referenced so that it can be mapped and found later. |
The tree is tagged so that everyone knows the tree is part of the project. |
The data is recorded and a score is calculated. |
Finally, a photo is taken of the tree with a person in the picture to serve as a scale to size the tree |
Timberdoodle Evening Air Show |
Purple Martin Box Near Little Pond Boardwalk Photo by James Fischer |
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Eastern Chipmunks awoke a little early this year, so maybe the saying should be "the early chipmunk gets the... nut!" Photo by Leo Kulinski, Jr. |
Tracy Zarrillo (CT Ag. Exp. Station) and Jared Franklin install traps to inventory and monitor native bees. |
Bees are attracted to variety of colors, this cup is painted yellow and captures bees that investigate it . |
Only 2 hours later, a bee was observed in a white trap! |
Wet Meadow in Late Winter/Early Spring |
Meadow Voles (Microtus pennsylvanicus) are commonly associated with Wet Meadows in Connecticut. |
This wet meadow abruptly changed into a wet shrubby herbaceous inland wetland. |
Male Mask Shrew (Sorex cinereus) |
White-footed Mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) |
Wood Frog Photo by Donna Potwin |
Scat is collected and stored in vials with silica gel (a drying agent) until laboratory analysis. |
Cottontail Rabbit Tracks in Snow. |
A Striped Skunk (smaller tracks with claws) was being followed by a Bobcat. |
Eastern Chipmunk Tracks in Snow. |