Today I was assigned to work in the lab with John to take pictures of the caterpillars we’ve collected. We were able to use a great camera that focuses very close up. The hardest part is that some of the caterpillars just won’t stop and pose! Some of them keep tooling around, so you have to be ready fast to get the right position and focus. Some of the pictures came out awesome.
Here are two of the critters I photographed with my camera!
While in the lab, fellow members were entering all the information about each bag of collected specimens. Of course, Lee is on hand to help and check over all the information. It’s amazing how much work goes into this research. So much depends on lots of people carefully recording the data. We were told that Earthwatch members have made a real difference in Lee’s work because of all the data that volunteers have provided over the years.
In the afternoon, a bunch of us went on a hike to see the rare Trogan bird. This bird comes across the border of Mexico, and this is the only area in the U.S. that it can be seen. Regretfully, we never spotted one. (Can’t add it to my "life list.") But we did enjoy the rest of the natural habitat.
Back at the research station, some of the group played a game of soccer on the field before dinner. After a 4 mile hike, I decided to just watch!
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