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Dragonite’s Red and Green sprite had a long, fin-like sail going down its back

This sail feature matched the sail that Dragonair’s prototype design had

This sail was removed from Dragonite’s Blue sprite(Said sprite also lacked Dragonite’s horn that was seen in its later official art), however, the fin was still on the backsprite

Today marks the end of my first full week working the two field biology projects I’m assisting. One involved the management and monitoring of several swallow nesting colonies, and the other is a life history study of various forest birds. 

My accomplishments so far include:

• Various summer firsts (kayking, sunscreen, bug spray, sunburn, bug bites, Margaritaville moment, driving with the windows down blasting country music, etc.) 
• Tracking of wild birds to find their nests. Basically involves going out into the woods, finding singing males, and searching for their females, then following them around while they gather material to build their nests
• Capturing individual swallows for study and data samples. They’re clever little buggers, and catching them has proved a tricky but fun challenge
• Spatial territory mapping of the forest ecosystems around the study site
• Pretty awesome video and snapshots of local wildlife, some with super-fancy cameras
• First time handling eggs and hatchlings of wild birds
• Additional close encounters with lots of other animals, some of which I have never seen up close (tree frog, snapping turtle), and some I have never seen at all before (luna moth)
• Lots of specific, sciency-wiency things that are actually really handy and useful for whatever future job I pursue in this field
• For whatever it’s worth, staying relatively well-rested and alert all week long and still managing to have some very enjoyable nights with my friends.

Undoubtedly off to a good start, and I’m looking forward to how the rest of the summer pans out. Our subjects are starting to progress with their breeding seasons, so things are going to get even more hectic pretty soon. Not to mention I haven’t even been back to Long Island yet. There’s plenty of adventure waiting to take place there. The beach awaits, as do my wonderful friends. Between shenanigans, events, and shows, I also have a sweet family vacation in the form of a trip to St. Lucia in the Caribbean. Even though I’m already run ragged from the craziness, I’ve barely even scratched the surface of the upcoming legendary events. Bring it on, summer.

My first day as an ornithological field intern. Working with swallows!

As King you’ve got to know these things, you know? Hopefully it’s a worthwhile experience.