Category: Saskatchewan Parks
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Site dismantling, mating Meloidae and Manitobans
Hello faithful readers, and welcome to another exciting addition of my BIObus blog! Today I will be going over the take-down of our Grasslands sites (complete, of course, with a storm, our meeting with a group of students from Manitoba, and), a really cool beetle.
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Bison, Prairie Dogs and Thunderstorms
Hello! Danielle again, here to tell you about the BIOBus crew’s adventures in Grasslands. Today we ventured from our normal location, the East Block of Grasslands National Park, and drove to explore the West Block of Grasslands National Park. There is no direct route between the two blocks, so we had to drive north above…
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Hellfire, Hail, and hello Saskatchewan!
Hey everybody, I’m Graham and I’m a part of the BIObus team going to the west coast of Canada. This is my second trip on the bus, and I’m hoping it will be just as amazing as last year! It’s nice to be back on my mobile home away from home out in the field…
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Geology, Palaeontology and Early Prairie Inhabitants
I will take a moment to introduce myself. My name is Joey Addesi and I am one of eight team members on the 2014 BIOBus crew. I am quite a simple guy really, I just love being outdoors and have a thing for animals and plants, I always have.
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Saskatchewan… less flat than we thought!
Hello! My name is Danielle and I am one of the students deployed on the BIOBus for the first half of the summer, and am now writing about my first visit to Saskatchewan and Grasslands National Park. We arrived at the park today, though you couldn’t spot it from afar, the whole area is full…
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Grasslands National Park
We’ve arrived at our next stop: Grasslands National Park in southern Saskatchewan and it is unlike any park we’ve been to so far.
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Odonate Nymphs
We’re back at Prince Albert National Park in Saskatchewan for our last week of insect collecting. It’s a fitting location considering that this is where Jon and I began our trip on the BIObus back in early July.
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Mosquito Lullabies
Bedtime on the BIObus has been a bit of an adventure so far thanks to the numerous species of biting flies here at Prince Albert National Park. So far we’ve had mosquitoes, deer and horse flies (Tabanids), black flies and (our definite favourite and what I’m being bitten by as I write) tiny biting midges…
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Electrifying
We’ve arrived at Prince Albert National Park in Saskatchewan! The first few days on the bus have definitely been busy and exciting. I’ve already become notorious for neglecting to check where I’m stepping and falling in holes while chasing after insects in the bog.