That reminds me of the time Bob and I were out at Mohawk Trail State Forest with Lynn Rogers - well known bear expert. Someone in the group he was leading asked if that was bear dropping on the ground. Lynn went over, picked it up, started breaking it apart, smelling it and then talking about all the information you can get about the bear from the dung. He also invited group members to smell the dung which had a wonderful rich earthy smell.
John _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 7:58 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [ENTS] Re: What should a forest ecology class include?! Jenny, Hang in there lady. Your ENTS family is behind you. Ahh, maybe you should show them what dirty really is. Spread some bird doodoo around! Mix up the species doodoo and ask everyone to identify each species type. We'll then compute a doodoo index for each person. Who the heck are those people? Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "JennyNYC" <[email protected]> To: "ENTSTrees" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 6:49:54 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [ENTS] What should a forest ecology class include?! ENTS, Okay, I'm really irritated after 3 days of talking 90% of the time about soil and drainage in this Forest Ecology workshop. I KNOW this is important, but what about everything else??? We don't don't about mice or voles or birds or deer or moose, or insects, or even the bacteria or micro organisms that break down the organic matter. Very superficial coverage of species interaction. There was an incomprehensible hour talking about calculating biomass with a prism. And THEN, to top it all off, one guy in the class said "gross! that's so dirty!" when I picked up a gull feather, and someone else chimed in "birds are so dirty". I told them they had no idea what they were talking about. And there are 2 more days....I have to go eat dinner with these people now. AAAAH! Jenny Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.375 / Virus Database: 270.13.16/2241 - Release Date: 07/16/09 05:58:00 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
