{"id":1688,"date":"2013-07-06T09:06:54","date_gmt":"2013-07-06T09:06:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/foster-baker-lab\/?p=1688"},"modified":"2013-07-07T13:16:20","modified_gmt":"2013-07-07T13:16:20","slug":"the-charmed-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/foster-baker-lab\/blogs\/stickleback\/2013\/the-charmed-life\/","title":{"rendered":"The Charmed Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

Working and living with a small group of people can be draining, especially when you’re putting in the long hours that we are to try to find as many stickleback as possible. Luckily, a good crew [like ours] will make the days easier by finding time to enjoy the beautiful land we’ve traveled to with a smile or a joke or something unexpected. After a long day of travelling and trapping, we had one more lake to find in the Green Point campground. As we wandered up and down a beautiful ocean side trail to no avail, Eric fortuitously took a moment to fall face first into a bed of moss and grass that faced the ocean.<\/p>\n

“It smells delicious!” he cried. “Come on down!”<\/p>\n

We skeptically obeyed. A soft landing and a sweet but earthy smell welcomed us. These are excerpts from the photoshoot that followed:<\/p>\n

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Sweet Emma, Jenna, and Jason enjoy the sunset from the patch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A possible stickleback sighting!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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For comparison; note the differences in fin morphology<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Sculpin try to crawl to the ocean<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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An actual sculpin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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A good laugh attracts…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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…this guy! All of a sudden, this fox was a few feet from us, sniffing at our traps. The first fox sighting of the trip and it was so close we could pet it.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I wonder how I came to deserve such a very charming scene. After a battery of photos, the fox ran back into its hole, and we strolled back to the car through the iris-laden path.<\/p>\n

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Working and living with a small group of people can be draining, especially when you’re putting in the long hours that we are to try to find as many stickleback as possible. Luckily, a good crew [like ours] will make …<\/p>\n

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