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Refuge Manager Andrew Gude - Notes

5/21/2021

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We are in the “biblical proportions of bloodsucking, biting, and insanity-causing insect season”.  Forester Daniel Barrand is mulching with the Tiger Cat in Dixie County.  The video shows the horrendous swarms of biting yellow flies in the Week's Landing area where he is working.  This is the definition of insanity if you are outside.
Daniel, along with our new staff members Jasmin Muslimani (Refuge BioTech) and Nicolle Montero (UF Summer Forestry Assistant), attended Leah Eggeman's timber sale prebid meeting at St. Marks.  Daniel said that this is the most complex timber sale he has put together to date while with the NWRS.
 
Jasmin and Nicolle Montero are also working to continue our Bobwhite Quail surveys.
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Last week, while Nicolle and Jasmin were doing photo plot work, they  got into a terroristic horde of ticks that were literally crawling all over them.  They had to return to the shop to de-tick and change clothes.
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Refuge Engineering Equipment Operators Jason Coates and George Pelt have been doing road improvement work around the refuge. Also, Jason recently repaired several large potholes at McCormick Creek Road boat launch.
The 2021 - 2022 Lower Suwannee Hunt Brochure is off to the printers and already available here on Friends website.  We offer 201 aggregate hunt days, 131 aggregate hunt days minus waterfowl, or 99 total hunt days.  Our phones are already getting calls about this upcoming season's hunts.
Picture of Wilson's plover from Wikipedia
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Picture of a young racoon in a tree
Least Terns and Wilson’s Plovers have established a shorebird nesting colony!  Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) staff are surveying the areas.  Refuge staff are working to protect these nesting birds by attempting to lure and trap raccoons.  So far no raccoons have been trapped despite a variety of baits being used.   They are apparently very smart and savvy. 
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Barbara Woodmansee link
6/2/2021 03:41:21 pm

Andrew and Co. Thank you SO MUCH for everything you're doing out there - I'm happy to donate a unit of blood to anyone who lost too much of their own to the deer flies and ticks! I so appreciate you and all of your hard work.
Barbara Woodmansee

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ANDREW GUDE
6/3/2021 06:36:06 am

Send dragon flies, bats, birds, and anything else natural to tamp down the noxious insects, Barbara. Thank you.

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peg
6/2/2021 03:43:06 pm

HaHaHA I'll bet those staff members will take you up on the blood donation offer!

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Daniel Kline
6/5/2021 12:19:49 am

We are looking for a good source of ticks for some spatial repellent tests we plan to contact. We want to collect them and bring them back to Gainesville for testing. Where did these tick encounters occur?

It was great to beat Weeks Landing last Wednesday and have our vehicle mirrors pelted by the hordes of yellowflies. I really missed these encounters last year due to the pandemic lockdowns.

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Adam Bowman
6/5/2021 04:50:00 pm

I have some great video of the yellow flies I would gladly trade for some intel as to where a good tick collection spot would be :)

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