My name is Lena and I am a graduate assistant at West Texas A&M University. I am currently working on my M.S. in biology and am loving it!! My thesis is on Habitat Selection and Home Range Size in a High Plains population of bobcats. To date I have personally caught 16 bobcats (that includes juveniles and adults) and am also utilizing data that was collected before I took over the project. I plan to graduate in August 2013 so any prospective employers out there - hint hint!
I have also been working on a side project and hope to have the publication wrapped up by the end of Christmas Break. For this, I spent 6 months trapping mesocarnivores and small mammals in Palo Duro Canyon State Park. I've added my capture list to several other graduate students' results (from their respective theses) as well as to data collected by my advisor, Dr. Ray Matlack, to compile a list of the mammals that can be found there.
I created this blog to chronicle my adventures so that people can see what I get to see every day: that nature is a gift and can be appreciated anytime, anywhere. You don't have to be a wildlife biologist or trek to the ends of the earth to see something spectacular, just look in your backyard! The neighborhood park! The potted plant sitting next to you!
I hope you can follow me as I continue on my journey and be at least somewhat entertained!! :)
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| Me with one of my male bobcats - August 2012 |
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