Last week I headed out to Bodie Historic State Park near Bridgeport, CA to help Scott trap pygmy rabbits for an upcoming paper that is being published. The hope was to catch as many individuals as possible for more robust genetic analyses. Unfortunately, we only caught 7 total pygmies at Bodie. Excitingly (is that even a word?), this is the 6th state I've trapped pygmy rabbits in! We had such a blast reliving the beginning of last season and touring the old historic town and stamp mill!
Additionally, Scott and a tech trapped Crowley Lake, CA at the beginning of August and caught a whopping 24 rabbits from the site Jen and I had visited last year! I am hoping we have enough funding to keep trapping these CA sites for the next few years!
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April 2019
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