7/9/13

The last two nights have been polar opposites. On Sunday night we went out to do the big grid and found ourselves working in the rain throughout  most of the night. On the big grid we generally do the same thing as on the CTE plots except there are two types of snail we mark and measure on these points, we also work within a 3 meter radius from each point instead of staying inside a marked area.

Monday night was a lot easier, we went and finished the parts of the big grid along with doing the CTE plots again, except this time there was no rain until after we had returned to the station. My groups night went smoothly and we returned to the station before any of the other groups, even though we had more plots to survey.

During the day a lot of hanging out around the station and exploring the rainforest happens, resulting in a lot of spontaneous swimming because of all the perfect swimming holes and opportunities to explore small waterfalls and even more rainforest off the beaten track.  This free time also gave us the chance to explore some viewing towers that allowed us to see above the canopy.