Guide 9B Behaviors
Resources
Additional activities, a behind-the-scenes gallery, recommended books, and more.
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Awesome Overload
Check out the scene behind me: a jetty full of California Sea Lions with Newport Bridge in the background. The videos in the Citizen Science section of this guide capture the barking and bay noises. It doesn’t get better than this! One of the challenges of working with animals is the excitement the encounters generate; it can be hard to take it all in. Take as many photos and videos as you can, both close-up and from a distance. You may be amazed by what you see when you download it all back at home.
Lesley
Additional Activities
Weather vs. Climate
In case you are wondering what the difference is between weather and climate, it is the time scale. Weather is the temperature and precipitation over a short period of time. Climate is the accumulation of those weather events over years, decades, and longer. So we are talking about the weather when we are discussing that day’s temperature and rainfall, but we are talking about the climate if we talk about average seasonal conditions over time. Start collecting weather data on a regular basis now, and in a human lifetime, you can observe climate trends.
Goose Dock
A decade ago a pair of Dusky Canada Geese showed up in one of our recently excavated ponds and Mark built a nesting platform for them the next day. Of course, they immediately left and we haven’t seen the geese land at that pond since. However in the mean time, other animals have come and gone, including thousands of Pacific Tree Frog tadpoles that hid under the protection of the floating platform. So, it ended up being a success, just not in the way we intended.
Scanning the coastal water: still looking for whales.
Behind-the-Scenes
On the Dock of the Bay
Mark is using a special housing that stabilizes a tablet (in this case an iPad) for video. We are moving to a gimbal system for stability instead, but since we are usually both videoing at the same time, everything gets used.
Wildlife Refuges
We are incredibly lucky to have refuges for Dusky Canada Geese to the north and south of where we live. There are numerous other species that live in these large habitats, making our job taking photos and videos for class a lot easier.
Recommended Books
Its a bit dated but still a thought-provoking look at our similarities to other animal species.
A page-turner about co-evolution! Worth a read.
Native art features salmon and other migratory animals, and resonates with people who still live by the seasons.
Build a Library
Whether its digital or print, collect resources that assist in exploring, describing, and explaining the natural world.
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