The confident strides of students from the fish and wildlife programme 16/17! What better to do during the start of a new course than to take a day off together and go hang out at the lake to celebrate finishing the exam and handing in deadlines? Here’s a snapshot I got on my mobile phone… Continue reading Glögg & Campfire out at lake Nydala
First snow!
Brrrr! As promised, here comes some more pictures of the first snow that I’ve managed to take during the day we’ve taken off to read ahead on some material This great tit seems to look on with great interest! Although its neighbor was not quite as enthused! I’d also like to take the moment to… Continue reading First snow!
Winter is coming!
Clear night skies above the frosty Umeå last weekend! Somehow, there’s always that moment of fascination that surrounds the first snow – you’re betting your friends when it’ll come, and somehow, no matter what’s going on, the world stops for a moment to look at it when it starts falling. I for one, know that… Continue reading Winter is coming!
Individual project complete!
Isn’t it just beautiful? I guess there’s just something about writing a piece of your own – whether it’s the time it takes, the passion you find, or just something completely else? As I’ve mentioned earlier, my project was all about the Willow Grouse (Eng.), or Willow Ptarmigan (Am.). But to put a twist on it,… Continue reading Individual project complete!
Exam done!
Did I make it? After some grueling, high-paced 5 hours, the exam for the fish and wildlife census techniques was finally over! Although open-book and with any aid you can imagine spare answers from previous years and communication with others, this type of exam might spread a false illusion of security – but will really… Continue reading Exam done!
Group assignment on Animal Welfare
Working together… or just in close proximity of one another? As an earlier post has mentioned, this week has revolved around animal welfare – which has included not only individual projects where we must formulate our own opinions, but also group assignments where we’ve created in-depth scenarios to fill in and evaluate applications to ethical… Continue reading Group assignment on Animal Welfare
What does Animal Welfare mean to you?
Free as a bird! This week has handled a lot of interesting ethical questions regarding animal welfare – and rightly so! As managers or researchers frequently deal with live animals it becomes exceptionally important that we do not only understand what national or international law states and the conceptual origin of such, but perhaps most… Continue reading What does Animal Welfare mean to you?
Running up towards exams
All right, we now have about 2 weeks left until our exam and then a further couple of days until we present our individual projects, and the steam pressure is about to overclock! Meanwhile the temperature feels like it has dropped to less than 10 °C all day around, which really has started marked we… Continue reading Running up towards exams
Day out by the lake
Maybe it’s my day today! I guess one of the things I’ll have to get used to as an aspiring amateur wildlife photographer is just never knowing if I’ll see anything – or if I’ll be quick enough to capture the moment! This week I went out for a couple of hours hoping to get… Continue reading Day out by the lake
Crowd-Sourcing Data
Don’t you just get the idea sometimes that you just can’t find any chanterelles wherever you look and all you want to do is give up in pure frustration? Well, I guess the world of researchers isn’t too far flung after all – what can happen is that some data is way too difficult to… Continue reading Crowd-Sourcing Data