Muscatatuck NWR

The work of beavers

Richart Lake

Myer's barn

McDonald Marsh South

McDonald Marsh North

This is where I interned this summer. Muscatatuck NWR is in Seymour, IN and a wetland area. There are lots of birds that migrate through here throughout the year. Some of the less common birds I saw this summer include white ibises, a white-winged scoter, common moorhen, american bittern, least bittern, whitstling ducks, and black-crowned night heron. I also saw many mammals, like beavers, minks, deer, foxes, river otters, coyotes, muskrats, and groundhogs. It was a great summer and I really enjoyed myself!

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Curu Wildlife Refuge- Costa Rica

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Southern Illinois- Mammalogy Field Trip

Eptesicus fuscus- Big Brown Bat

Perimyotis subflavus- Eastern Pipistrelle with condensation on it

These bats were seen in a mine owned by UNIMIN. We could get so close to them because they were hibernating. They slowly woke up as we were in there.

This is part of the Mammalogy collection at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. They have an enormous collection which is pretty cool. Notice all of the ribs on the sloth that support its organs since it hangs from trees its entire life. It forms a sort of basket-like shape.

Garden of the Gods- This was a site where the endangered Neotoma floridana (Eastern Woodrat) was re-introduced.

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