By Josh Kleyman,
Graduate Faculty
As spring continues to encroach on the valley, a group of 6 graduate students are fully immersed in the natural history of the area. Advanced Elements of Field Ecology began with three early mornings as Dr. Dale Gentry and Mike Windsor took the graduate students birding.
Despite some unseasonable challenges (the oxbow remains mostly ice covered), they reported some fantastic birding. Some highlight from the first three days included: red breasted mergansers, an eared grebe, horned grebe, wilson’s snipes and a yellow rumped warbler.
As I write this, the graduate students are exploring insects. After three days in the world of entomology, the graduate students will engage in a three day botany course. In scouting locations in preparation, we were able to find a few flowers blooming for those who may need some color to enliven this rather chilly and snow filled beginning to spring. There are some sagebrush buttercups blooming, as well as some other beauties on south face slopes.
This course meshes ecology, morphology, anatomy and physiology with, as the name eludes, plenty of field time. Feel free to call over to the Kelly Campus and share with us some of your spring findings…insects, birds or flowers.
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