Week Five

The past few weeks have been pretty hectic and I have not had a chance to write a post, but I’ve finally got some free time this weekend!

Week Five was pretty uneventful compared to Week Four. We worked in the lab all day on Monday. Sam, Estany, and I continued to work on pinning bees. We are getting so close to being caught up!

On Tuesday, Lauren, Sam, Sandy and I went out to Boardman to pick up the pitfall traps that we opened the week before. No flats this time!! Hooray!!

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Lauren processing pitfall traps at Boardman (click to enlarge)

On Wednesday, we had a reporter, Gail Wells, and a photographer from OSU come interview us and take pictures while we went to the Umatilla. It was great meeting with Gail, and she and her husband took out to dinner that evening to talk with us some more.

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Example of a pan trap (white cup) and a pitfall trap at the Umatilla (click to enlarge)

On Thursday, we met with the Experiential Learning Coordinator, Katie Gaebel, to talk about how our internships are going and our experiences here at the station.

After my interview on Thursday, took the rest of the day off and left to go down to Southern Oregon! I spent the weekend camping, eating great food, and spending time with my friends and family.

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Sunrise at camp (click to enlarge)