This week was Orin's school vacation week,
leaving him with a little free time to tag along
and do some field work with Abby and I.
Our first stop was Pilgrim Lake to take a stream velocity measurement.
Orin was in love,
although honestly I think he just liked getting to wade in the water
and was less impressed with our fancy velocity meter
(have I mentioned he likes anything that has to do with water?)
Next we went to see the elvers and herring at the
entrance to the fish ladder.
The run of the river herring is a big deal around the Cape.
The herring start to come in as soon as the water gets warm in the spring.
After the first couple, the migration becomes more like an explosion.
It is hard to see from this picture,
but the ladders look like a herring traffic jam.
The bottom of this ladder is sand, so all the brown in the picture
are the herring!
Pretty awesome if you are into fish.
And in other field notes:
this is a female box turtle caught by one of my co-workers
at the Cape Cod National Seashore.
Don't worry, she is going to be released tomorrow.
All the critters of Spring!
Hope you are having a good one!
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