Today we caught 3 chipmunks and 2 golden mantle ground squirrels. We let one golden go because he was a part of another study. We ran the chips and went to get the golden out. Thats about when he escaped and pulled a flying ground squirrel act. He made it behind the cabinets in the lab and we had to set traps in the lab and go eat dinner, waiting for him to go in the trap again. He got recaptured and we are running him right now, its 930 at night and hes not even done! We've been in this lab since 8am.
Anyways I thought I'd share a couple of pictures illustrating just how much of a research town this is. Like I said the squirrel we caught today was already ear tagged and dye marked so we let him go. Its like every animal near camp is a study participant!
This is a Yellow Bellied Marmot- a momma marmot. She heard a noise and ran to this rock to check it out.
This is what she's worried about- baby marmot
Baby marmot copying momma
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