1. Owling this Tuesday. We're thinking about heading out to the end of breakfield to listen for the barred owl, which is absolutely the most awsome sounding creature I've ever heard (two seemed to be fighting last Friday when Dan McCoy and I were out looking for salamanders)
2. Fernbank natural history museum this Saturday. The society will pay gas, meals, and admission. This will be open to the general campus (I'll get a cstudent sent out tomorrow) but I want y'all to have the opportunity to sign-up for the limited van-slots first. I'll post a sign up sheet somewhere is Spencer, probably (with his permission) outside of Dr.Haskell's office bright and early tomorrow morning, look for it or email me if you want a spot.
3. Some time near finals those of us at the meeting thought it would befun, because the tower room of Spencer looks like a war room, to hold agiant game of risk in the tower room of Spencer. Snacks and drinks will beprovided. Tentative event name is "screw finals party" (although more offensive wording was originally proposed)
4. Due to lack of useful facilities such as white boards and computerscreens, a vote was taken and the torian room was rejected for the meeting place next semester in favor of the tower room of Spencer.
5. Meeting dates for next semester will be the third Thursday of eachmonth, except January because we just get back two days before so we will meet the fourth Thursday of that month.
17 November, 2008
21 October, 2008
Marbled Salamander watch
It's that time of year again, the marbled salamanders will soon be frolicking in the ephemeral ponds and it is the sworn duty of the society to seek them out. Be on the alert the next couple of weeks for a society excursion following a good rain.
20 October, 2008
10 September, 2008
27 February, 2008
DARWIN DAY CELEBRATED!
On February 12th, the Society celebrated the birthday of a Prophet.A massive celebration was underway late into the night at the Eco-House to celebrate the 199th birthday of Charles Darwin: Naturalist, Statesman, Philanthropist, Revolutionary.
The Society delved into pizza, soda pop, and David Attenborough documentaries to get the party going. The more avid followers of Darwin's life and times brought their personal barnacle collections. Others brought their earthworms. Enthusiasm was brought by all.
The Society can hardly wait for Feb 12, 2009, the big 2-0-0 anniversary of this leviathan of natural history.
Until next time:
D e s c e n d w i t h m o d i f i c a t i o n.
24 February, 2008
American Woodcock in Sewanee
Last Tuesday, the Society gathered at the airport to watch the peculiar mating habits of the American Woodcock, Scolopax minor. In Sewanee, this bird is most often encountered in late February at dusk in open fields such as the airport and the clear cut off of Breakfield.
The American woodcock has been made popular by writers such as Aldo Leopold who described the display of the male woodcock as the "sky dance" in The Sand County Almanac.
Check out the Cornell website to hear and read about this bird.
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/American_Woodcock_dtl.html
Photo from the Cornell website.
10 February, 2008
The Society Storms the Creation Museum
This weekend, a quorum of the Society made haste for the urban wasteland of lower Cincinnati to dive into a wholly other perspective of the natural world. The Creation Museum, located on the northern border of Kentucky, is a 28million-dollar fundamentalist Christian project that presents the history of earth and man's relation to it through a utterly literal interpretation of Genesis 1 and the Noah flood account in Genesis 9.
The Society poses for a candid photo at the foyer of the museum's entrance:
Good times were had by all: After an early early wake-up call, a hearty 5.5 hr drive, and a stopover at Hardee's for some breakfast grease (and ice cream for some), we perused the museum's exhibits, including a reconstruction of the Garden of Eden pre-fall (penguins, leopards and vegetarian Tyrannosaurs living peacefully with Adam and his strikingly Barbie-esque Eve), an animatronic re-enactment of the building of the ark, and mutlimedia explanations for the 6-earth day creation, the distinctly layered geologic and fossil record, and the reasons for painful child-bearing and carnivorous animals. It was widely agreed upon by all attended that the best display was a baby triceratops with a saddle on its back (for use by Adam and Eve in the Garden):
Keep on the look out for a more in-depth presentation of our inquiry into this museum of the supernatural history of life on earth, coming soon.
The Society poses for a candid photo at the foyer of the museum's entrance:
Good times were had by all: After an early early wake-up call, a hearty 5.5 hr drive, and a stopover at Hardee's for some breakfast grease (and ice cream for some), we perused the museum's exhibits, including a reconstruction of the Garden of Eden pre-fall (penguins, leopards and vegetarian Tyrannosaurs living peacefully with Adam and his strikingly Barbie-esque Eve), an animatronic re-enactment of the building of the ark, and mutlimedia explanations for the 6-earth day creation, the distinctly layered geologic and fossil record, and the reasons for painful child-bearing and carnivorous animals. It was widely agreed upon by all attended that the best display was a baby triceratops with a saddle on its back (for use by Adam and Eve in the Garden):
Keep on the look out for a more in-depth presentation of our inquiry into this museum of the supernatural history of life on earth, coming soon.
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