This week we have been doing surveys at the Beehive area in Lake Louise. Another beautiful lake to add the the repertoire…
I was accompanied by Pat and Genie once again for the first 3 days of surveys.
Like Emerald Lake, the Beehive area is an extremely busy hiking trail, so a great place for surveys. I have to say that this is the busiest hiking trail we have surveyed at so far. Each day we ere surveying around 22 people. Double that for the number of refusals and triple or even quadruple that for the amount of people you miss when you are both surveying. I couldn’t get over the amount of people.
Surveys take around 10-15 minutes to complete, so if both volunteers are surveying at the same time you are bound to miss people. This number is estimated and recorded in the field book. Obviously the most important records to keep are the amount of people the agreed to do the surveys, but it is also important for Sarah’s data that we record the number of refusals.
On the second day after surveys, Pat and I (and Genie) walked up to the Tea House at Lake Agnes. It was a tedious uphill hike and even though it was short, around 3km, it was relentless. I even had to have Genie pulling me up in some places. But the hike was most certainly worth it.
Once you reach the tea house and Lake Agnes it is beautiful. We stopped for a scone at the tea house before heading back down again.
There is one day left at the Beehive area and then back off to Jasper for surveys at the North Boundary trail. I wonder what wildlife i may see on the way there this time!
My Placement Year - 30 weeks of wildlife, travelling, data analysis and everything in-between 