Students gather in Dr. Derting's garage to identify
mammals that they have captured, and learn how to
take useful field notes.
Eastern pipistrelle (Pipistrellus subflavus) captured
while mist-netting on a small creek.
Comparison of short-tailed shrew (Blarina carolinensis; Left) and white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus; Right) tracks from captured animals that we ran through tracking tubes.
We gather to joke around until time to check
traps again.
Eastern red bat (Lasiurus borealis) captured while mist-netting also.
Micah Perkins teaches us how to set soft-catch
foothold traps for medium-sized mammals in order
to avoid injuring them.
National Wildlife Refuge
Eastern harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys humilis) captured in an old field at the refuge.
Mark Sandfoss and Drew Logsdon learn that
stuffing a road-killed long-tailed weasel (Mustela
frenata) is a stinky job.
Common Raccoon (Procyon lotor).
Mammalogy Class of 2005 Murray State University (most of them)
Sarah Loecken, Sarah Bullock, and Mark Roberts display
their pitfall trap array.
Sarah Bullock and friend (Didelphis virginiana).
Dr. Derting captured on motion-sensitive camera.