***It's a world of laughter A world of tears It's a world of hopes And a world of fears There's so much that we share That it's time we're aware It's a small world after all
There is just one moon And one golden sun And a smile means Friendship to ev'ryone Though the mountains divide And the oceans are wide It's a small world after all
It's a small world after all It's a small world after all It's a small world after all It's a small, small world
Thanks Sherman brothers for the great tune***
Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman, wrote this song for Walt Disney back in the 60’s just to go with the Small World ride!
Santunu’s dinner was wonderful. We had some nice "hang out” time too. I was telling the group about my NOAA Teacher at Sea adventure that I had last year. One comment led to another question and other comments. Before long Hiroki Ikawa a student from San Diego State University asked if Dovi Kacev was on the same cruise that I was on? YES, HE WAS! WHY? – "He was my roommate” Hiroki said! So here I am with Hiroki this year and Dovi last year. Too strange!
Dovi Kacev and myself are aboard the NOAA Ship David Starr Jordan. I learned that Dovi was a roommate to Hiroki Ikawa who is here in Barrow with me now!
It is a small world. I just learned that Hiroki, who attends San Diego Stae University was a roommate with Dovi Kacev a guy that was aboard the NOAA ship David Starr Jordan at the time that I was! photo by Renee aka Arctic Swan
Today was spent in the field. It was a beautiful, bright day. We leave the lab at 10:30am because Paulo has to start the CO2 testing at noon and Jose starts the water table measurements **around the same time. I do not start my job until 1pm and should be finished by 3pm because I am taking reflectivity measurements and this is when the sun is the highest. I am pleased to say that Sophie (the machine,,, the expensive machine)** and I did very well today. NO PROBLEMS! Yeah! Of course Jose has not uploaded the data yet!??
I am finally getting Sophie! We are working well together….. Ahh learning curves and trouble shooting! photo by Jose Luciani
I had an hour or so to kill in the tundra, so I visited an owl nest. In hindsight this is a really poor decision. I love birds and it is not my intention to stress them out. I am guessing that the parents were not too happy with my calling on their babies. I am sure the dead Lemmings around the nest were not intended for social callers like myself. Nonetheless, I did it. Actually, I visited two nests. Jose and I had a conversation about this earlier in the day – before the visit and somehow I dismissed it. Selfish photographer I guess. UGG.
Notice how all of the Snowy Owls are different ages. Eggs are not layed at the same time, therefore they do not hatch at the same time.
When I talked to Denver (http://www.owlinstitute.org/) at dinnertime it dawned on me again how rude and disrespectful it was. As I heard myself asked him the question " Is it rude of me to visit a baby owl nest?” I already knew the answer. ANYWAY – enjoy the photos. I am guessing I will not be visiting more nests unless I am with Denver or unless I stumble upon them while walking.
Denver did mention that he understood why I did it and why so many people around here- researchers included all have photos of baby owls, but that it could cause unneeded stress. What do you think? Is it okay to sneak a peak or do you think it is selfish? - Please respond in the Ask the Team section of this website.
The days are going by so quickly. Life in the scientific and Inupiat subculture is beginning to become a small part of me. I am finding my groove here.
Bird of the Day – duh baby owl of course!
Are you my mother? If you aren't please go away so my mom will feed me..hint hint! Snowy Owl baby
Owl call
http://www.owlpages.com/owls.php?genus=Bubo&species=scandiacus
From the Top the World with creatures that fly high above it, wishing you a great day!