Sturgeon Patrol

As you can see from the pictures and videos, Chad and myself had a pretty eventful day of sturgeon gaurding, if you will. When we got to the sturgeon camp we were assigned an area and were about to leave when another volunteer came in and said that there were no longer any fish in that area so we were reassigned. The area that we were assigned to was nicknamed "the shithouse." As funny as it may sound, we didnt know what to expect but it turns out it was just an old cottage along the bank of the river. The location was about a half mile from the nearest road and on private property so we were assured that there would be no problems with this area. We saw sturgeon immediately after arriving and there were tons of them. We were so intent on watching them we almost didnt see the person that had walked up behind us. When we saw them we were nervous at first but soon found out it was just a neighbor in charge of watching over the property while the owners were not around. After that it proved to be an uneventful night except for the sturgeon excitement and spawning of them. We did see several other fish including suckers collecting on the free lunch of sturgeon eggs. The night was mostly cold and quiet and then in the morning we left for the camp again where we reported what we had saw, they provided us with breakfast, and we were on our way home to make it back in time for bio lab.

Humane Society Update

I volunteered at the Humane Society Friday and Saturday for about 2 hours each. I did cat socialization. I sat and played with about 10-12 cats each time. You could tell the cats were lonely so it felt good to be able to cheer them up a little and to hear them meow. It was also good because there were a lot of people looking for animals each day so I think it was beneficial to allow prospective adopters see how the cats interacted with people. I never had a cat as a pet before nor have I interacted with cats a lot but I noticed that they have really rough tongues. At first this perplexed me but then I spotted a cat licking itself and I realized the rough tongue must have been an adaptation for grooming. I never knew this about cats before but I hope that as I continue to volunteer with cats and other animals I'm able to find out other interesting things about them.

Sturgeon Patrol

Where Debot Goes.

This last week we set up our informational poster in the HEC. Instead of setting it up Tuesday through Thursday we had to do it Wednesday through Friday due to some scheduling problems. I was running the booth on Thursday with Adam and with Ian on Friday. We set up for about an hour and 15 minutes so that we could catch people going to 2 different hours of class. During these times we were giving out a snack to the people who took the time to come to the booth and learn something. It was notably busier in the HEC on Thursday than it was on Friday but people stopped by and learned about where debot goes nevertheless.