{"id":31048,"date":"2013-07-24T11:20:35","date_gmt":"2013-07-24T18:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/?p=31048"},"modified":"2013-07-24T11:20:35","modified_gmt":"2013-07-24T18:20:35","slug":"windy-bugs-new-intern-and-birding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/?p=31048","title":{"rendered":"Windy Bugs – new intern and birding!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The future of our wind farm sites looks like this.<\/p><\/div>\n

It’s been a busy couple of weeks! \u00a0First, a new CLM intern has joined the Windy Bugs crew – Laura Super. \u00a0We have been introducing her to our field sites and Laramie.<\/p>\n

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Laura Super (L) and I near our camping site.<\/p><\/div>\n

It is really drying up around here. \u00a0While we’ve had some rain and hail in Laramie, our Choke Cherry site was so dry that our floral surveys were VERY easy this trip. \u00a0We did collect lots of bees and other insects, and saw one beautiful milkweed.<\/p>\n

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Aaron equipped with cyanide tubes and a funnel<\/p><\/div>\n

Last weekend, I had the opportunity to go on a short birding trip with WYNDD ornithologist Michael Wickens. \u00a0We went into the Snowy range near Medicine Bow peak. \u00a0It was absolutely gorgeous and a great chance to see some different Wyoming landscapes, insects, and birds. \u00a0Since my bird ID skills are pretty much non-existant, it was great to be with an expert and see how bird point counts are done while trying to learn some songs and calls.<\/p>\n

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Michael Wickens listens for birds in a meadow<\/p><\/div>\n

I was fortunate enough to see a number of interesting birds, including three-toed woodpeckers, mountain chickadees, a ruby-crowned kinglet, and grosbeaks. \u00a0Since the mountains are much wetter than the sagebrush-dominated areas I work in, there were many more visible arthropods out and about.<\/p>\n

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A wood tiger moth (Parasemia plantaginis<\/em>)<\/p><\/div>\n

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A Syrphid fly<\/p><\/div>\n

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Cuckoo wasp (Chrysididae)<\/p><\/div>\n

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A female wolf spider (Lycosidae) with an egg sac<\/p><\/div>\n

The wildlife on this trip was certainly exciting, but the plant life was amazing as well! \u00a0I got to see two native orchids, a beautiful bright pink\u00a0Castilleja<\/em>, Columbines, and some lovely alpine plants.<\/p>\n

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Parasitic orchid Corallorhiza maculata<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

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Platanthera dilatata<\/em>, another native orchid<\/p><\/div>\n

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Castilleja rhexifolia<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

I had such a wonderful time in the Snowies, despite the mosquitoes, that I plan to go camping and hiking there next weekend. \u00a0Before that, we’re headed back to our Sierra Madre site tomorrow morning!<\/p>\n

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It’s been a busy couple of weeks! \u00a0First, a new CLM intern has joined the Windy Bugs crew – Laura Super. \u00a0We have been introducing her to our field sites and Laramie. It is really drying up around here. \u00a0While … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2528,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31048"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2528"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31048"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31048\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31707,"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31048\/revisions\/31707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}