Day 1 in the penguin colony
November 24, 2023 in Argentina ⋅ ☀️ 61 °FSaw some fun animals today and had an interesting and exhausting day working in the field with Fede and Deb.
Saw some fun animals today and had an interesting and exhausting day working in the field with Fede and Deb.
There are 16 zones with a total of 250 nests that they are monitoring, but there are 7000 penguins in the colony. Each scientist checks half the zones each day, alternating which half each day. SoRead more
Scientist Deb had a day off today, so Mary and I worked with Hilton who's PhD work studies predation in the colony. His English isn't as strong being his 3rd language so Mary spoke and recorded inRead more
Left at 9 am to drive back to Trelew and start the trek home. See you at 9 am tmrw MSP!
It's a Push-me-pull-you! [Rita]
Traveler Right?
So cute!! [Lana]