Change of layout

Hiiiii everybody who looks at this blooogggg....

I changed my blog layout.

You like it?

I didn't make it of course. I got it from this website that makes layouts.

It's pretty, no?

I'll change them weekly until I find one I like.

more birds

Birds of the week.

A line of Canada geese chillin out on the edge of the gorge.

I found a hawk! I keep seeing him on this tree. I still don't know what species he is... it bother's me.

ATTACK OF THE FRUIT FLIES!!!!

FRUIT FLY INVASION!!!!! AAHHHHHHH!!!!!


There was a forgotten apple in the trash can... luckily I found where the flies were coming from. But it was too late. The flies already multiplied and were working on their like, 8th generation by the time I FOUND THEM! *shudder*

I hate fruit flies.

I got most of them with a combination of traps, like the one below.

And with some good ol' Windex.
I killed waaaaay more than 100 on Tuesday morning. I bet you're wondering how I know I killed 100+. Well you know what? Fruit flies are the same size as lobster lavae when they were freshly hatched (but larvae are friggin TRANSPARENT!). I'm pretty good at counting larvae, so I'm pretty good at counting/estimating fruit flies! THAT'S RIGHT!

Okay, moving on.

Later on Tuesday, I set up an apple fruit fly trap. I caught about 60 in 2 hours. Then I set up a yogurt traps, I caught about 20.

There were still about 20 flying around. My roomie Yoola and I jumped around the room smashing them with our hands for about an hour at 11pm.

We got all but a few.

Wednesday morning I set up a banana trap. I caught 2.

I killed the rest as they buzzed by my desk.

Fruit fly free!

First pictures of the teaching barn

I will be taking care of the animals in the teaching barn as part of my class grade. Not much work, just feeding and cleaning for about 20min. You call that animal care? You want animal care, try cleaning lobsters from 9-5.

Anyway, here are the animals! I don't know where the pigs are, but they will appear soon.

The brown horse- excuse me, the chestnut horse- is ours to take care of.

CHICKS! Look at the one sleeping on the right side. They sleep so funny... they just...pass out.

Cheep cheep.


Lambs! Have you ever seen Lambchop? They look just like her :)

TWO BABY COWS!!!!



Little baby moobaby!

More Cornell surprises

Just so you all know, this is what the forest path looks like. This is where I see the deer, and this is also the shortcut I take to my animal science class (cuts a 40min walk into a 20 min walk).



Oh, and look at what I found today! I got lost behind some of the science buildings, and look! Gardens! Everywhere! And nobody walk through them (except for some staff I suppose).


I guess the horticulture students ran out of space on the farms or something... this is a collection of plants, with their names and descriptions on small plaques beside them.
Cool!

And, just so you know, there are more CHIPMUNKS here than squirrels.



The squirrels are not as fat or gray as the ones in Boston.



There are more seagulls here than pigeons.



And I see more water here than I did back home.



Kay, that's all!

Little secrets of Cornell

You would never know who else students share Cornell's campus with unless you look verrrrryyy closely and you keep a sharp ear.




I see deer on my way to animal science class (how appropriate) every morning!

Here is today's resident.

I'll try to get pictures of the deer with the radio collars on them :)

After a hard week of work...

After a week of HARD work (luckily I aced my bio exam!), it stopped raining and the weather is now PERFECT! So, what does a girl do on a Friday afternoon (before all the fun stuff starts)?

Clean up her room! Well, sort of.

And go exploring in the Plantations, of course! The path chosen today starts behind the observatory and goes into the woods.
This path goes all the way around Beebe Lake, which is the lake the pours water into the central gorge on campus.
This today's trail. Lots of cattails and milkweeds.
Some students enjoy the plantations and gorges in another way. An illegal way. The police came by while we walked upon the kids jumping off the bridge, but they just told them to be safe.....
Why jump off a bridge when you can see BIRDS!!!! Here's a female goldfinch.

Hairy woodpecker! *knock knock knock knock*
Wow, this tree is shaggy.
THIS is why we don't want people jumping off the bridge! Gorges!
My birding partner for the day, Jacob the entymology major, decided to flip over a log to collect bugs for his project. And look, a salamander!!! Red backed salamander, people.
I named him Arnold.


Coming attractions for this weekend: Ithaca Farmer's Market with my alumni mentor!