We all learned how to identify four different types of humingbirds by the time we were finished with our experiment. The hummingbird in this picture is of the Fiery Throated species. We caught the birds by setting up mist nets near the flowers they like to drink from. As soon as we realized that there was a hummingbird in the net our TA or professor would immediately detangle them so they would not sufficate themselves. We marked their claws with finger nail polish so we would only collect their pollen once.
On Saturday we hiked to this Mountain Bog. It is the Mountain Bog at the highest altitude in Central America. Because of the high acidity the plants in the Bog have been preserved for millions of years. During our hike we had to romp through very muddy areas. I jumped too short once and ended up knee deep in mud with slime slipping into my boots.
Happy students before we left for our hike to the Mountain Bog! (We were happy when we came back too)
We all learned how to identify four different types of humingbirds by the time we were finished with our experiment. The hummingbird in this picture is of the Fiery Throated species. We caught the birds by setting up mist nets near the flowers they like to drink from. As soon as we realized that there was a hummingbird in the net our TA or professor would immediately detangle them so they would not sufficate themselves. We marked their claws with finger nail polish so we would only collect their pollen once.
On Saturday we hiked to this Mountain Bog. It is the Mountain Bog at the highest altitude in Central America. Because of the high acidity the plants in the Bog have been preserved for millions of years. During our hike we had to romp through very muddy areas. I jumped too short once and ended up knee deep in mud with slime slipping into my boots.
Happy students before we left for our hike to the Mountain Bog! (We were happy when we came back too)
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