Wrapping up and setting up

On this cool, misty summer day, we spent the morning inside working on our project presentation, each of us busy with our tasks contributing to the project whole. Yvonna, our photo and web specialist, worked on our photos and website (now included in our blog rather than a separate project). Rick, or most experienced mapper and woodsman, finished up his hand drawn map of our site, Laverne and Shirley, our vegetation plots etc. Mary, our other tech expert,and Arcview learner, worked on data analysis and the Arcview GIS map, while Tessa worked on the lit review and writeup of vernal pool work. After lunch, while Mary and Yvonna continued their diligent efforts, Rick and Tessa set out for the Tamposiland, to set up a stationary, motion triggered camera at the vernal pool site to see if we can capture our moose pool visitors in photos. We reached the pool to find new tracks that went straight aross the now dry bed where Laverne was. After setting up the camera, we discovered that there were no batteries in it :-( !!! We headed back to the truck and to Lee for new batteries. While in Lee, we were caught in heavy rain and debated whether to go back to set the camera or wait til tomorrow. Fortunately, we decided to continue our mission, because when we got back to Tamposiland with the new batteries, the rain had stopped. Rick put up the camera on a tree, we tested it successfully,and will hopefully find at least one picture of a moose when we return in 2 days.