Author: Irene
I….actually can’t believe it’s over. What an amazing experience, and such a unique opportunity to be able to not just contribute to a scientific research project, but to actually be the hands that gather the data. Many shout outs: …
THE LAST DAY. I am sad, I am exhausted, I am a little excited to head home, I will miss this, I am sad. So the today is set up as a typical day morning: small mammal traps…
Day 7 had no major hike planned (and let me say, the timing was well-planned after the big hike yesterday). So the schedule was morning: small mammal traps, day 2 afternoon: bird banding Morning: Generally, we are not getting as…
So we had been warned, over and over, that site 9 would be the worst of the hikes, and after site 11, many of us had concerns. But per usual, the day started off with small mammal plots. Morning: check…
Fortunately for us, most Earthwatch trips have a scheduled day of rest in the middle of the trip, and thank GOD the day of rest fell after the site 11 day!! We apparently have the hardest hike tomorrow (site…
Today was the last day for the small mammal traps (3-day timeframe) in their current location, so in addition to checking the traps, we would have to collect them clean them, and bring them back to base camp. So…
The day was forecasted to rain and storm with lightening, so we rearranged our original plans and decided on the following: morning: survey the small mammal traps afternoon: instead of hiking to site 9, we would instead hike to…
Today was our first day of collecting data for the research team, and it was a full day. We will be doing the following each day: In the morning: Trapping small mammals In the afternoon: hike to a specified location…
Today we set out to travel from Barcelona to Andorra. We were to meet at the Barcelona Sants bus station, all 11 of us. From there, we were to take a greyhound-like bus for 3 1/2 hours up to…
I’m soon to be leaving for my trip to Andorra where I will be working with Bernat Claramunt-Lopez’s group as part of a citizen science expedition through Earthwatch. We will be gathering data to answer questions on “how mountain communities…
