meganj1248's Journal

Date: October 16, 2017

Location: Dixie National Forest, Summit, UT, US

Area 1: It was in Blue pines. South of Penguitch lake. North off the road (Utah state route 143), into the newly burned area.

Area 2: The area was sloped down to the south at about 55 degrees. There was a forrest fire in the area recently so it is mostly surrounded by dead trees and short grass.

Fellow Observers: I was with Jessica Christiansen and Fara Williams.

Time 1: I got to the site around 3:00 PM.

Time 2: I stayed on the site until about 5:00 PM.

Wind: I estimate the wind speed at 1 knot, or at 0 on the Beaufort scale.

Temperature: It was about 40 degrees Fahrenheit.

Sky conditions and precipitation: The sky was clear, no rain.

Elevation: The elevation was at about 8,209 ft above sea level.

Species list: The Observation is of a an animal track. I believe it to be the track of a deer, or Cervidae.

Comments: No further comments at this time.

Date: October 9, 2017

Location: Dixie National Forest, Summit, UT, US

Area 1: It was in Blue pines. South of Penguitch lake. North off the road (Utah state route 143), into the newly burned area.

Area 2: The area was sloped down to the south at about 55 degrees. There was a forrest fire in the area recently so it is mostly surrounded by dead trees and short grass.

Fellow Observers: I was with Jessica Christiansen and Fara Williams.

Time 1: I got to the site around 3:00 PM.

Time 2: I stayed on the site until about 5:00 PM.

Wind: I estimate the wind speed at 1 knot, or at 0 on the Beaufort scale.

Temperature: It was about 40 degrees Fahrenheit.

Sky conditions and precipitation: The sky was clear, no rain.

Elevation: The elevation was at about 8,209 ft above sea level.

Species list: The Observation is of a deer carcass. I believe it to be the carcass of a Odocoileus hemionus, or mule deer.

Comments: No further comments at this time.

Date: October 7, 2017

Location: 710 W Along the Creek Ln, Panguitch, UT, US

Area 1: It was in the clear creek area, on the west side of penguitch lake, back behind the fire station.

Area 2: The area was relatively flat at 90 degrees. The area is mostly surrounded by sage brush, scrub oak, pines, aspens, lava rock, and some cabins.

Fellow Observers: I was with KayLynn Jensen and Karen Whipple.

Time 1: I got to the site around 2:00 PM.

Time 2: I stayed on the site until about 3:00 PM.

Wind: I estimate the wind speed at 1 knot, or at 0 on the Beaufort scale.

Temperature: It was about 40 degrees Fahrenheit.

Sky conditions and precipitation: The sky was clear, no rain.

Elevation: The elevation was at about 8,209 ft above sea level.

Species list: The Observation is of a chipmunk, or Genus Tamias. The specific species is unknown.

Comments: No further comments at this time.

Date: September 25, 2017

Location: Dixie National Forest, Summit, UT, US

Area 1: It was in Blue pines. North east of Navajo lake and South of Penguitch lake. North off the road (Utah state route 143), into the newly burned area.

Area 2: The area was sloped down to the south at about 55 degrees. There was a forrest fire in the area recently so it is mostly surrounded by dead trees and short grass.

Fellow Observers: I was with Jessica Christiansen and Fara Williams.

Time 1: I got to the site around 3:00 PM.

Time 2: I stayed on the site until about 5:00 PM.

Wind: I estimate the wind speed at 1 knot, or at 0 on the Beaufort scale.

Temperature: It was about 40 degrees Fahrenheit.

Sky conditions and precipitation: The sky was clear, no rain.

Elevation: The elevation was at about 8,209 ft above sea level.

Species list: The Observation is of a mammal track. I believe it to be a track of a Cervidae.

Comments: No further comments at this time.

Date: September 18, 2017

Location: Dixie National Forest, Brian Head, UT, US

Area 1: It was in Blue pines. North east of Navajo lake and South of Penguitch lake.

Area 2: The area was sloped down to the south at about 35 degrees. The area is surrounded mostly by sagebrush, pines, junipers, and aspens.

Fellow Observers: I was with Jessica Christiansen, Bryan May, Saki Watanabe, Fara Williams, Kiersten Williams, and Jackie Grant.

Time 1: I got to the site around 3:00 PM.

Time 2: I stayed on the site until about 5:30 PM.

Wind: I estimate the wind speed at 4-7 nots, or a 2 on the Beaufort scale.

Temperature: It was about 65 degrees Fahrenheit.

Sky conditions and precipitation: The sky was partly cloudy, no rain.

Elevation: The elevation was at about 8,209 ft above sea level.

Species list: The Observation is of some scat. I believe it to be Elk, or Cervus elaphus, scat.

Comments: No further comments at this time.

Date: September 16, 2017

Location: 1491 S Cedar Bluffs Dr, Cedar city, UT.

Area 1: It was up behind the house, which is South-west of town. past the SUU farms and the observatory.

Area 2: The area was sloped down to the west at about 35 degrees. The area is surrounded mostly by sagebrush and juniper trees, however, there are a couple houses near by.

Fellow Observers: I was alone during the observation.

Time 1: I started the walk at about 9:00 AM.

Time 2: I stayed on the site for about an hour.

Wind: I estimate the wind speed at 4-7 nots, or a 2 on the Beaufort scale.

Temperature: It was about 70 degrees Fahrenheit.

Sky conditions and precipitation: The sky was partly cloudy, no rain.

Elevation: The elevation was at 5,846 ft above sea level.

Species list: The Observation is of a mule deer fawn, or Odocoileus hemionus, and its mother. The photo only feature the fawn, the mother ran away to quickly.

Comments: No further comments at this time.

Today in class we went to Canyon Nature Park. We brainstormed ways to make Mammalogy fun for kids and then we broke up into groups and went in search of evidence of Mammalian presence. My group went over by the river in search of tracks in the wet dirt. We found some scat which we believe was from a dog. We also found tracks about two inches long which looked like the tracks of a raccoon, along with some much smaller half inch tracks. one of the people in my group guessed that they might be chipmunk tracks but we are not sure.