Highlights from the field: Oklahoma
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We have been extremely busy in SE Oklahoma this Spring! So busy that we have fallen behind on updating our field blogs 🙂
Below are some highlights from the most recent trips. We hope to get more info out to you all soon.
April 10-12: McGee Creek WMA, Stringtown WMA (Jessa Watters, Elyse Freitas, Rachel Flanagan, Dylan Lindauer, Matt DeRuyter)
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- Camping at McGree Creek Lake State Park
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- Beautiful McGee Creek Lake
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- Swabbing in the field
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- Swabbing in the field
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- Where we got stuck in the mud!
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- Our sample site at Stringtown WMA
April 24-26: Robbers Cave WMA, James Collins WMA (Jessa Watters, Nick Huron, Rachel Flanagan). At this location, where we were also interviewed by journalist Dan Bewley.
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- Getting ready to work
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- One of the ponds at Robbers Cave WMA
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- Another pond at Robbers Cave WMA (notice the siltation!)
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- Checking for turtles in SE Oklahoma.
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- Dan looks down on a small lake at James Collins WMA.
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- The amazing tree frog pond
May 12-15: Fobb Bottom WMA, Hickory Creek WMA, University of Oklahoma Biological Station (Jessa Watters, Nick Huron, Matt DeRuyter; assisted by Field Herpetology course and Dr. Geoff Carpenter)
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- Flooding evident in Hickory Creek WMA
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- Washed out wooded areas due to recent flooding
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- This middle-of-the-road puddle (and others) was full of toads!
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- Dried out eggs washed onto the road from flooding
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- These traps were fully under water the night before!
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- Walking down a washed out road to access Fobb Bottom WMA
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- Super-flooded Fobb Bottom WMA
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- Specimen prep at the biostation, including training the students
May 26-29: Pushmataha WMA, Ouachita WMA (Nick Huron, Aaron Geheber, Elyse Ellsworth)
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- Small pond at Pushmataha WMA; newts were common here.
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- Small pond at Ouachita – Le Flore WMA; tree frogs were common here.
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- This site at Ouachita – Le Flore WMA covered 3 tiny ponds, all within 10m of each other.
To check out our previous Oklahoma field updates, see the following:
Field work in SE Oklahoma – April
Video of the Day: Latimer County Frog Chorus
Field work in SE Oklahoma – March
OU Herpetology Course Visits the Red Slough