We spent the first week of our research here in Korea working with a graduate student named Kee San. In order to understand the factors that influence the dynamics of nest survival, Kee San measures egg mass, microbe content, nestling gender, blood type etc.
The nestlings in the picture are about a day old, and belong to the varied tit species. There is one egg that has not yet hatched. Kee San is explaining the nestlings to Christina and I.
We spent the day running after her in the mountains, carrying the ladder and backpack with the blood drawing materials and scale. On a side note, Kee San travels about 8,000 miles per hour through the forest… Christina and I had to run to keep up. It was quite the workout!
The nestlings in the picture are about a day old, and belong to the varied tit species. There is one egg that has not yet hatched. Kee San is explaining the nestlings to Christina and I.
We spent the day running after her in the mountains, carrying the ladder and backpack with the blood drawing materials and scale. On a side note, Kee San travels about 8,000 miles per hour through the forest… Christina and I had to run to keep up. It was quite the workout!
The equipment sitting out is for collecting the blood, mites, and microbes present on the nestlings and the other unhatched eggs.