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<\/p>\nHave you ever noticed how fast time passes during breaks? It is already the end of week 4 of summer break (!!!). I guess Janet Jackson was right; it is funny how time flies when you are having fun.<\/p>\n
As another field week is approaching, the team has been working a little extra hard this week to make sure that we are all set to save the world one turtle at a time. To help you and us be more prepared, we decided to share with you our field season survival guide.<\/p>\n
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Tip #347<\/strong>– Size up on gloves for sweaty hands. Tip #222<\/strong>– Make a list of all the things we need. Tip #223<\/strong>– Don\u2019t lose the list. Tip #12<\/strong>– Bring extra batteries for the GPS (and anything else that requires batteries in the field) Tip #68<\/strong>– Prep your botany knowledge to impress John Rucker. Tip # 188<\/strong>– Bring a wallet for a Dunkin stop. Tip #301<\/strong>– Prepare a couple of FileMaker records ahead of time. Tip #189<\/strong>– Lookup Dunkin stop along the route. Tip #2<\/strong>– Bring water, sunscreen, and a thinking hat. These are only a few tips we decided to share with you all this week. We hope you find them useful. If you have helpful tips to share with our current and future turtle team members, please send them to @Wildlifeepilab<\/em> on Instagram or @WildlifeEpiLab<\/em> on Twitter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Have you ever noticed how fast time passes during breaks? It is already the end of week 4 of summer break (!!!). I guess Janet Jackson was right; it is funny how time flies when you are having fun. As another field week is approaching, the team has been working a little extra hard this […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1185,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1185"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5918"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5920,"href":"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5918\/revisions\/5920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vetmed.illinois.edu\/wel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n–> It is June in Central Illinois. You will get sweaty pretty quickly.<\/p>\n
\n–> After making a list, keep adding things that you forgot to bring to the field so this could be avoided in future trips.<\/p>\n
\n–> Yes, we made a list in the past and lost it. So yes, we made a new list with the realistic expectation that we would also lose that one. Don’t be like us.<\/p>\n
\n–> Remember Murphy\u2019s law- \u201canything that can go wrong will go wrong.\u201d If the GPS is going to die during the search, it will happen at the most inconvenient time.<\/p>\n
\n–> Even if you think you know enough, he probably knows more.<\/p>\n
\n–> Pretty self-explanatory.<\/p>\n
\n–> Murphy\u2019s law strikes again- usually, when you are least prepared, we find three turtles simultaneously. Trust me; you don\u2019t want to start rushing through records or missing important data.<\/p>\n
\n–> Again, pretty self-explanatory.<\/p>\n
\n–> Field season is the best time to learn new things and enhance old skill, take advantage of it. And trust me, you don\u2019t want to look silly and be the only one who forgot their thinking hat at home.<\/p>\n