Lily’s Field Journal: Recent Episodes
Lily Thigpen
Are you intrigued by wildlife and biology? Join me, a young wildlife professional, while I talk through some of the most amazing and weird things in the wildlife world today. From endangered species to diseases to just cool animals, this podcast will cover it all. Stay tuned for my next field journal!
The episode art is a photo of Captain Quentin Rankin.
Sources:
https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/42623074.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A0f01556869dc2ae5dde5e55ddcca760d&ab_segments=&origin=&acceptTC=1
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38958189/quintin-rankin
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60374168/robert-zachary-taylor
https://www.tnmagazine.org/reelfoot-lake-dark-history-night-riders/
I don't really have any sources for this weeks episode because everything is from my own knowledge of what I have been tought about beavers and what I have learned about Reelfoot Lake while working here!
I hope y'all have a great week!
Peyton is the lovely model showing the electrofishing gear in this episode's art.
Sources
https://www.cfr.msstate.edu/wildlife/fisheries/?a=detail&id=12&info
https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/esr/v44/p1-10/
https://www.msstate.edu/newsroom/article/2021/06/msu-researchers-build-madtom-catfish-hotels-business-conserving-imperiled
https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp/species/2800
https://www2.southeastern.edu/Academics/Faculty/kpiller/pdfs/Piller%20et%20al%20munitus%202004.pdf
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-11-19/pdf/2020-24208.pdf#page=1
The picture cover for this episode is from the Audubon Society! Unfortunately, I have not taken any pictures of Blue Jays yet.
Sources
factsheet_blue_jay_en (hww.ca)
Blue Jay Overview, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
https://www.wvpublic.org/energy-environment/2021-07-19/concerns-over-bird-deaths-continue-cause-may-not-be-viral
These Birds Didn’t Have Chlamydia or West Nile. But They’re Still Dying. - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
Mysterious Bird Deaths in the Mid-Atlantic region | Smithsonian's National Zoo
UConn Lab Helps Track and Manage New Songbird Sickness - UConn Today
Nestling Songbirds with Eye and Neurologic Issues-Update 7/14/21 | Cornell Wildlife Health Lab
Interagency Statement: USGS and Partners Investigating DC Area Bird Mortality Event | U.S. Geological Survey
Concerns Over Bird Deaths Continue, Cause May Not Be Viral | WVPB (wvpublic.org)
https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/blue-jay
Thanks for listening!
Article on Louisiana coast:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/02/24/us/jean-lafitte-floodwaters.html
https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/how-many-species-native-bees-are-united-states https://efotg.sc.egov.usda.gov/references/public/SC/Bee_Basics_North_American_Bee_ID.pdf http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/webprojects2001/loveridge/index-page3.html https://www.fws.gov/pollinators/programs/endangered.html https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/disease-management-and-guidelines-for-the-honey-bee
Sorry about the audio change at the end there! I'm still trying to workout the kinks!
Sources https://www.mdwfp.com/wildlife-hunting/deer-program/#:~:text=Mississippi's%20deer%20population%20is%20estimated,harvesting%20approximately%20280%2C000%20deer%20annually. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1571559/pdf/joa_478.pdf https://dwr.virginia.gov/wp-content/uploads/factsheet.pdf https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/95/23/13363.full.pdf Molecular Mechanisms of Chronic Wasting Disease Prion Propagation https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925443906002201
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Sources
https://www.bhumipublishing.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Agricultural-Science-Research-and-Reviews-Volume-III.pdf#page=63
"Going out for dinner—The consumption of agriculture pests by bats in urban areas"
https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/10/29/560292442/bats-and-tequila-a-once-boo-tiful-relationship-cursed-by-growing-demands
https://www.fws.gov/midwest/news/ImportanceOfBats.html
https://www.nps.gov/subjects/bats/echolocation.htm
https://www.whitenosesyndrome.org/static-page/the-fungus
https://www.whitenosesyndrome.org/static-page/what-is-white-nose-syndrome
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/8/9/1405/htm
https://www.wikihow.com/Build-a-Bat-Box
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2020.00026/full
"Environmental reservoir dynamics predict global infection patterns and population impacts for the fungal disease white-nose syndrome"