Haven't had much time to blog lately! I've been on the water quite a bit at work! Plenty of 4 day field weeks for me, which has been rather exhausting. My brother came to visit a little over a week ago though, and he got to come out on the boat with me at work! It was fun to have "bring your brother to work day". He flies jets, which is pretty exciting, but I think he enjoyed his day with the fishes!
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| Me and my little bro at our lunch spot on North Captiva. |
In between water sampling (lots and lots of water sampling...) and regular fisheries sampling trips, I finally got to run a sawfish research trip again. It's been a while, but I haven't lost my touch. We caught this cute little boy around the east side of Hog Island. He was quite frisky. We named him George. He looked like a George.
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| Yes, that's me rocking the pink Buff. I make science look good. |
Today I put on the bunny rescue hat and attended an adoption event at the Brandon Petco. I was up until the wee hours of the morning last night doing last minute things. I thought I had pre-prepared the day before, but I kept thinking of more things we needed! This morning I loaded up my trusty (FINALLY paid off) Hyundai with Hershey my foster bunny, a guinea pig I recently picked up at Suncoast Humane, critter pens, litter box, water bowls, and a bag of miscellaneous things that come in handy at events like notecards, pens, binder clips, and the like.
We actually had a surprising turnout! We weren't expecting so many people! Five (!) bunnies were adopted - two bonded pairs and a single who met his match with a bunny who was previously adopted from us. Yay!
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| R.B. was one of the lucky buns to find a family! |
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| Hershey, my foster, did remarkably well. I thought he would be a little more freaked out. |
So all in all, it was a good day!
I also recently took Halloween portraits of my fuzzies. The piggies are easy to photograph. They pretty much let me do whatever I want with them. Chloe kept trying to beat up the pumpkin, and Kahlua just wanted to go do something else. I got a lot of action shots of Kahlua trying to run away. Hershey was a perfect gentleman. Maybe he knew he needed a good Petfinder photo.
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| My girls were so well-behaved. |
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| Chloe...not so well-behaved. But look at that face! |
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| Kahlua had better things to do. |
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| Hershey was incredibly photogenic. |
So...that's what's going on in my world of fish, bunnies, and guinea pigs.
