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Blue Lake and Rocky Shore...
Like the song says... the Land of the Silver Birch! Great to be back in Ontario!
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Uploaded on Aug 22, 2006
Red-sided Garter Snake
Garter snake den, or hibernaculum
Here's a few garter snakes that have arrived at the hibernacula early. Later in the year, and then in...
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Uploaded on Aug 22, 2006
Narcisse Snakes Dens
Red-bellied Snake
Red-bellied snakes are the smallest Canadian snake species, and are found through much of eastern Canada....
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Uploaded on Aug 20, 2006
The day's catch...
Here's a close up of some of the skinks we were able to find- it was a very good day for finding them!
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Uploaded on Aug 20, 2006
Jory with skinks...
Jory is a student at Brandon University who is working on a project with Dr. Rutherford to study prairie...
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Uploaded on Aug 20, 2006
Prairie skink in hand
This juvenile prairie skink sat still on my hand for a little while, which allowed us to get a few pictures.
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Uploaded on Aug 20, 2006
Prairie skink close up
A head shot of a juvenile prairie skink. You have to be very gentle holding these creatures!
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Uploaded on Aug 20, 2006
Adult prairie skink getting weighed
These aren't big lizards- this is an adult! Placing them in ziploc baggies allows for easy and gentle measuring and weighing.
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Uploaded on Aug 20, 2006
Recording data
Dr. Rutherford records weight and length measurements for a specimen.
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Uploaded on Aug 20, 2006
Prairie Skink research with Dr. Pamela Rutherford
Dr. Rutherford is using a GPS to record the capture location, while her student, Jory, takes temperature...
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Uploaded on Aug 20, 2006
Barred Tiger Salamander
Here's a species we weren't expecting to find in southern Saskatchewan, especially since it had been so...
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Uploaded on Aug 20, 2006
Short-horned Lizard
We finally found a short-horned lizard on our last day in the Grasslands area!
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Uploaded on Aug 20, 2006
Plains Gartersnake 2
Plains garter snake on the side of the road! Note the orange dorsal stripe.
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Uploaded on Aug 16, 2006
Plains Gartersnake on the road
Plains garter snake, dorsal view. This is the first live plains garter we've seen, all the others have been dead on the road...
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Uploaded on Aug 16, 2006
T-Rex Tooth
This is how big the teeth are- and this one wasn't the biggest, but the picture of the biggest one didn't turn out very well!
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Uploaded on Aug 16, 2006
Meet Scotty!
Or rather, a replica of what an artist estimated his head to look like when he lived, many millions of...
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Uploaded on Aug 16, 2006
