April+13th

=April 13th: Getting Acquainted With the Area =

media type="youtube" key="vqgikzy69Xw" height="340" width="560" ===Today I woke up at 6:00 am to explore a little around the houses. We are located in a very small town called Cherry Hill right on the Atlantic Ocean and there is a small wharf right down the road. The weather is very unpredictable here. One minute it will be sunny and calm, and ten minutes later it will be snowing. All of the sudden the snow will turn into rain and the wind direction changes. It's hard to dress appropriately when outside because you're either wearing too much or not enough! Here are some pictures I took on my little adventure in the wee early hours of the morning.===



===After a four hour presentation by Dr. Christine Buesching on all of their research in England and Nova Scotia we drove out the the shoreline and took a five mile hike along the ocean to learn how to identify animal tracks and types of droppings. Each animal's droppings look very different and even smell distinct. Yes, we put our noses right up to the droppings and took a deep sniff! Did you know that otter poop smells sweet? I didn't either until today. We didn't see any animals however because it is a little too cold and early in the season for many to be out.===

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__QUESTIONS __
" What was the coolest thing you did on your first day? Was it wierd holding and dealing with animal droppings?" (Corinne)

//The coolest thing I did on the first day was watch these very interesting lead scientists hold animal droppings in their bare hands and actually hold it up to their noses to smell it. I didn't realize people did that! I smelled a lot of poop and that was actually kind of fun. (Mr. Wignall)//

"How did you feel holding dung in your hands it looks intresting." (Nikolas in 7th grade)

//Hi Nikolas! I felt kind of funny doing it at first because of the germs, but as long as I remember to wash my hands I'll be just fine. Most of the poop is really old and dry anyways, so it's a little less gross. (Mr. Wignall)//

"how are you able to tell the foot prints. (tyler o)

//Great question, Tyler! I wasn't able to tell any footprints except for deer, which are pretty easy to identify. (see the picture?) Most of the time we had to ask Dr. Newman or Dr. Buesching to help us. (Mr. Wignall)//

You should pick up a little less poop(codyb)

//Well, today I picked up more hare poop than I've ever seen in my life. Watch the April 15th update to find out more! (Mr. Wignall)//