Author Archives: Scott Smedley

Today in the field we had the pleasure of the company of representatives of the two bear-related Wildlife CSI teams.  Depicted here with Billy Watts are Nora Hulton (The Ubiquitous Ursines) and Laurie Doss (Pain in the Ursus), at the … Continue reading →

As we approach the final 48 hours of Wildlife CSI – Summer 2013, several teams are clustering in the 5000-6000 Contribution Value range, so it looks like we may have some heated competition at the close of the contest.  Recall … Continue reading →

This proposal provides a preliminary description of plans for using Wildlife CSI as a teaching tool in an introductory Biology course at the college level.  Please share your thoughts about how you might incorporate this citizen science program into your … Continue reading →

We continue to have some strong performances (including breaking of the 10,000 image milestone for an individual!) as we enter the final week of Wildlife CSI.  Here are the overall team standings from this morning.   Thanks to you all … Continue reading →

Here are the latest Wildlife CSI team standings.  Thanks for this major help.

Amy Coan of the Wildlife CSI team “Connecticut Counting Crows” thought that some of you more local folks might be interested in Connecticut Soil Day (and Soil Survey Work Planning Conference), an event pitched to Envirothon advisors, among others.   … Continue reading →

Today marks the one-month mark for your participation in Wildlife CSI – Summer 2013, which runs through Sunday, 18 August.  Thanks for all your help as we examine the effects of composting on scavenger ecology!   Although not a study of … Continue reading →

This week we were joined in the field by “The Invasive Species” team member Jen Carvalho, a Trinity graduate from a few years back.  Here Jen (on right) is joined by Billy Watts ’13 and Nicole Evancha ’15, this summer’s … Continue reading →

This challenging image was submitted by Joe Jankowski of  “The Invasive Species” with the following message: Any ideas? I marked the small animal in the middle of the compost pile as “unidentified” Any ideas of identification? It is a tricky … Continue reading →

Understanding scavenger ecology can be important to preserving the natural world. The California condor, a magnificent, but very endangered scavenger, is at risk due to poisoning from eating carcasses killed by lead shot. Check out the report on this. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22174702