Counting every species of plant and tree in a 10x10 meter square quadrat is probably the most tedious thing I've done in my life. Our habitat team spent the morning before breakfast recording data from our field notebooks into the grinellian notebook. After breakfast we spent the rest of the morning counting species in two of our quadrats.
It's a pretty short walk down to the little store where we can get our groceries for lunches. The place is called Super Kike and it is really neat. It serves the people in this village where we are staying carrying most types of groceries, fresh fruit, and common items that might be needed on a regular basis. We walked down there after lunch to get supplies for the next two days. Bread, meat, drinks, and we also got icecream.
After we got back we made pretty quick work of retrieving the temperature recording devices that we had placed in the quadrats yesterday. Downloading the information to a computer with the help of Richard (Mr. Marsden)was rewarding because we could see the data plotted on graphs and look forward to the data analysis that we'll do when we finish gathering data.
Gotta say, the food here has been great, both dinner and breakfasts are served at the restaurant on the Leaves and Lizards property. The staff is friendly, helpful, and excellent at what they do.
Our cabin's porch has become a pretty popular place to hang out and enjoy the evenings. Some nice chairs, a table, a couple of hammocks, and people to fill them makes the tropical nights all the more awesome after a long tiring day of field work. We can also get work done too though. We entered data, completed the first stage of our soil composition tests, and figured out the plan for tomorrow's work. But that's a reminder to quit typing and get some sleep... We've got another long day of work to do that starts with an early morning.
That's it for now from Team Habitat. Buenos Noches!
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