07/19/08

This is the final blog posting from Oregon. Finishing packing and going to head back to Eugene. This morning hiked out to WP to release the last of the lizards from the lab and ovipositorium. Also had to take down the flags for the behavior study site. In the process saw three rattlesnakes out and about. Also saw another dead raven today. Ended the season with over 250 new lizards on the year from WP as well as marking over 150 from LDT. Recaptured about 200 lizards from WP and collected about 400 eggs from nearly 150 clutches of eggs. Eggs aer starting to hatch out already and I've stocked two enclosures with hatch. Some of those hatch are destined for the lab for a growth experiment between WP and LDT. The rest are going to LP or released back at WP as a control group. Believe it or not, I'm ready to leave the field. Really, I'm erady to sleep in my nice soft bed again....not that I dislike camping, but nearly three months of sleeping pad are getting to me. Nice to be done. Thanks for reading. Ciao.