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ABI 150- Section B- Finalizing Methods and Aims

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In todays class, we focused heavily on coming to an agreement with our methods and aims for our study before our big day on Friday, where we officially start data collection 🤯!! Jennifer had made slides to help organize this process which really directed us to reach conclusions about some of our concerns coming into this class. 10:00- At the start of class not all of us were present >:l  We had eleven people present, so we decided to wait a couple of minutes for the missing four people to trickle in. Guys, just a reminder that your participation is based on your attendance as well, so try your best to be on time for all class sessions!  10:02- In the mean time, we split into our groups made by Jennifer to get us in position for the discussion later in the class: Marking: Caelen, Aja, Jennifer, Kaya Sectioning: Eric, Alan, Arianna, Cristal Ovipositing: Jay, Kayla, Jessica, Rosie Tracking: Mario, Kendall, Mia, Alejandra  10:04- We officially started Jennifer's presentat...
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ABI 050A Blog on April 27th: Choosing and Planning Our Bird Behavior Research Question

  April 27th Blog: Choosing and Planning Our Bird Behavior Research Question Today’s class focused on choosing a research question and beginning to design a field method for studying bird behavior, especially the behavior of Black-necked Stilts and White-faced Ibises at the Yolo Bypass Wetlands . The class moved from reviewing possible research proposals, to voting on a final question, to discussing how we could actually measure the behaviors in the field. 10:00–10:15 AM — Reviewing Proposals in Discord At the beginning of class, we reviewed research proposal questions that were posted in Discord. 10:15–10:25 AM — Voting on the Research Question After reviewing the proposals, the class voted on which question to focus on. Three questions received the most support: 8. How does proximity to nearby birds influence vigilance and foraging in Black-necked Stilts or ibis? 12. How does the foraging success of Black-necked Stilts differ when compared to their success when foraging with ...
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ABI 150- Section B- Damselflies in the field

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Our minutes: Time Activity 10:00am Meet at parking lot 26. 10:06am Depart to Yolo Bypass. 10:32-10:40am Arrive at Yolo Bypass parking lot F. MC Kendall debriefs on data sheet and goals for today. 10:40- 10:56am Jay, Mario, Rosie and Jessica give us a demo on Damselfly identification, handling, and capture techniques. 10:56am- 11:55am Class explores catching and marking techniques together at lot F 11:55am-12:10pm Class discussion 12:10pm-3pm Class splits into 3 groups and explored lots A, B, and F (+lot E and the hunters station) 3pm- 3:18pm Class discusses findings and concerns 3:18pm- Head home, day over! This Tuesday we chose our research question(s): How do damselflies use permanent and semipermanent wetland habitat? How is habitat used differently by unique species in one ecosystem? W e’ll be studying both Pacific forktail and Vivid dancer. Congrats damselfly team! Thank you for having solid methods in mind. Given that our damselfly team had already collected some preliminary da...
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