Animals and Society F 2021 SJSU's Journal

September 4, 2021

The Problem with Fish!

Dear Students - Fish are notoriously difficult to photograph in the wild, especially from high above! But I got lucky yesterday, at a little bridge over San Mateo Creek, in Hillsborough. I was looking into the creek for schools of small fish, but instead caught sight of a large bubble - a sign of something aspirating under water. I looked with my binoculars and saw a gorgeous Rainbow Trout! Now, I carry a "real" camera in addition to my smart phone - a Canon Powershot with some zoom capability. But I presumed the fish would be gone by the time I had the camera ready. And I was WRONG! The trout was determined to stay in this one area, that not only was visible to me, but had some plants nearby to give me a visual anchor to its location. The result was that I could get numerous pictures of a beautiful fish! It re-taught me the benefits of patience and persistence!
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/93533084

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August 24, 2021

Our Geographic Range

Dear Students - I am already happy with our geographic range - from Monterey to the North Bay! And I know some non-US entries are coming soon too. The map is available on the home page of our project.

P.S. I have a personal vow to upload at least one new iNaturalist entry every day, and often do much more than that. Don't let my practiced hand at this intimidate you; I hope it inspires a few of you, in fact! But you are required to do one/week. The project enables me to check on your sightings easily, without having to look you each up by name every time.

If people like the idea, we could run a contest for highest number of observations and highest number of species (excluding me). LMK

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