Field locomotion

[JH]

In New England, on rainy late winter/early spring evenings, we go on
"sala-meanders".

John
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-----Original Message-----
From: Kondla, Norbert FOR:EX <Norbert.Kondla at gems3.gov.bc.ca>
To: 'lepsl' <leps-l at lists.yale.edu>; 'altabugs'
<albertabugs at majordomo.srv.ualberta.ca>
Date: Monday, March 06, 2000 12:13 PM
Subject: Field locomotion


Might as well start the week with a really serious topic :-)  Have recently
compared notes with another biologist about honest (creative) descriptors of
specialized methods of locomotion engaged in by biologists and naturalists
while doing field work in specialized natural environments.  So far I have
the following examples: tundra-trundling; swamp-squelching; bog-bouncing;
fen-flitting; coulee-crawling. I would be pleased to receive and add other
interesting phrases to my vocabulary --eg. for you southern folks what do
you do in the desert ? desert-dawdling ??  I live in the hills so in some
places perhaps mountain-meandering is the appropriate means of movement etc
etc

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Norbert Kondla  P.Biol., RPBio.
Forest Ecosystem Specialist, Ministry of Environment
845 Columbia Avenue, Castlegar, British Columbia V1N 1H3
Phone 250-365-8610
Mailto:Norbert.Kondla at gems3.gov.bc.ca
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