Bell 2018

This week on campus we have a group of students from Bell High School from the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board. This is the 18th year this school has had a field course at the Huntsman! The students explored marine biology and the local history of St. Andrews and Grand Manan Island.

Collecting trip aboard the research vessel, the Fundy Spray.

Plankton collected from the bay.

Identifying and drawing the plankton.

View of phytoplankton and zooplankton at 100x magnification.

Using a dichotomous key and field guides to identify the marine invertebrates collected from the boat trip.

Crossing a sand bar to Ministers Island.

Ministers Island is home to the historic summer estate of Sir William Van Horne. He was instrumental in getting the railway completed across Canada. 

The barn on the estate has recently been restored.

Exploring the intertidal zone at low tide.

Many animals were found hiding under the rocks.

Getting a closer look at the external anatomy of sea urchins.

Visiting the St. Andrews Bird Banding Station on the Huntsman campus.

A chickadee was found in one of the mist nets.

Heading off to see the mist nets.

In the lab completing behaviour experiments.

Searching for invasive green crabs.

Data is gathered on the size and gender of each crab. In 30 minutes the students found 179 crabs.

We even found a few rock gunnel fish.