ESS Field Trip September 2009
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ESS Field Trip
September 2009
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Friday evening – Ingebright Lake
Saturday morning – Great Sand Hills
Saturday afternoon – Cypress Hills Winery and Park
Sunday morning – Checkerboard Hill and South Saskatchewan River Walk
Itinerary
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Base camp
The Fox Den Motel
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Ingebright Lake
Hypersaline lake – salinity 160 pptArea <1 sq kmLargest Na2SO4 deposit in N. AmericaIn excess of 40m thickOver 100 million tonnesOwned by Sask MineralsPresently mothballed
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Ignore the photographer- Note the foot holes!
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Owen demonstrating thecorrect sweep net technique
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Did I finish my beer already?
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Quite likely brine flies (Ephydra [hians?])
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The Great Sand Hills
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The intrepid explorers
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Where has everybody got to?
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….. The sand boarders
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….. and the collectors
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Ghost (C. lepida)
Festive (C. scutellaris)
Oblique (C. tranquebarica kirbyi)
Sandy (C. limbata nympha)
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Ant hill climbing
Hornworm parasitised by braconid
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Blumenheim: St Peter & Paul Catholic Church and grotto
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Cypress Hills Winery Visit – purpose to collect leafhoppers, of course!
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Cypress Hills Park – Conglomerate Cliffs, looking northwest
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….. and looking southeast
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Now who would want to grow thistles?
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Checkerboard Hill looking northeast
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….. looking northwest
But what’s this?
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….. let’s take a closer look
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…. Prairie rattlesnake!
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South Saskatchewan River Walk
….. So, finally
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A fine ending to a fine trip!