It begins... Day 4 on the island

Hey guys, I've finally decided to put together a little blog about my time spent on 'the island'. I'm not sure how interesting it will be, but for those of you who want a few updates about my life every now and then, check this page out! I will try to add some videos and photos, somewhat regularly, about what's going on here on the island, and hopefully I will eventually include some actual in-the-field videos if I can!

I'm a little late in getting this started, so I'll try to post the first few videos soon to catch up to where I am now.

I arrived on Kent Island in the Bay of Fundy (map below) on April 18th, 2014, where I began my field work on Savannah sparrows as a research assistant for the University of Windsor. The island is about 3 km long, but is quite narrow across (I think a couple 100 m across at the narrowest), and the only way on and off the island is if a fisherman comes to pick us up! The island in uninhabited except by researchers during the field season (and of course by many birds and muskrats, year round), so the only buildings are the research station and the various cabins around the island (photos to follow). There are no reptiles or amphibians on the island, and the only mammals are muskrats! That means no mice or other small rodents either. It's very strange to live in a habitat that looks very much like the boreal forest I'm used to back home, but with pretty much just birds! So basically, when you hear something rustling in the leaves on the ground, it's a bird. Pretty cool!!



More details to follow about life (both animal life, and my life) on the island. But for now, here is my first video entry: Day 4 on the island