day 5, 6, & 7

on Friday, my group went out while i stayed to learn GIS. it is a simple program, so far from what i learned. made the map of las cruces with the points from pedro's group, their camera traps. that lasted up til 11, after that, i went to catch an aguiti, but they are fast, so fast that they make fast animals look... not fast. when i was tracking one down, i ran into a snake, so i bounced and got one of the people here to help check it out. wish my picture was better. we went out, and the snake bounced. he was curious about what i was doing, so i told him i was trying to catch the rodents, and he suggested a trap. as we walked back, he said i could use it. so i did. i got it set up next to a bush, and now its been almost the end of day 3. im not sure why none of them been caught yet. they might be too smart for it or they are full on the type of bait in there. it just the waiting game.
for saturday, i sort of did the same thing, data analysis. kept checking the trap, and nothing. it was a little saddening.
now its sunday, and it was a chill day. all i had to do was get temps from this creek near by the campgrounds. got like 9 sites. some were above bridges, or below. some were from steppe ponds. the ponds were interesting because it got slightly warmer as the water flowed down.

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