Splish Splash

I started some field work today with a professor from school. We went to two different local streams and checked on some tiles that he had put in them to see if fish had made nesting sites on them. We took notes as to whether females had lay any eggs and whether the nest was being guarded by a male. If a male was in the nest we measured his length and clipped a piece from his fin (both to mark him and to have a sample for genetic analysis.) We caught several females and two males to do some observations in the lab. I'm supposed to go back out Friday morning.

I checked my final grade in environmental conservation today. I got an A on that final as well. Yay!