Wednesday, August 31, 2005

GERMANTOWN ACADEMY

Nine middle school students and three teachers from the Academy’s science camp had a three day experience packed with activities. Starting before sunrise they did most of the traditional activities such as clamming (caught 50), fishing (caught snapper blues, sea bass and even one small king fish), crabbing (scooped lots of mature females which they returned to the bay), kayaking (paddled to the dike at Island Beach), snorkeling (swam against a strong current on both sides of the channel in murky water), and more. In addition they found time to dissect squid, make fish print T-shirts, and play electric clam. They used the squid ink to print their names on their Sedge journals in which they wrote each night. For all their efforts, the group was treated to the best display of planktonic bioluminescence seen yet this summer. Getting off the island in a hurry due to the passing remnants of Hurricane Katrina, the group stopped off at Island Beach to see the wild, wind whiped surf and then went to the Cooper Nature Center at Cattus Island to do some seining.
Jim Merritt

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

Here is a list of animals we saw during our three days on Sedge Island.

Birds
Osprey
Belted Kingfisher
Great Blue Heron
Brown Pelican
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Black-bellied Plover
Ruddy Turnstone
Sanderling
Tree Swallow
Herring Gull
Greater Black-backed Gull
Common Tern
Willet
American Oystercatcher

Fish
Striped Killifish
Mummichog
Winter Flounder
Silverside
Pipefish
Atlantic Needlefish
Sea Robin
Black Drum
Sea Bass
Bluefish
White Mullet

Marine Invertebrates
Sea Star
Blue Crab
Green Crab
Calico Crab (Lady Crab)
Hermit Crab
Hairy Sea Cucumber
Slipper Shell
Oyster
Bay Scallop
Hard-shelled Clam (Quahog)
Soft-shelled Calm (Steamer)
Sea Nettle (jellyfish)
Moon Snail
Sand Shrimp
Mud Snail
Sea Anemone

Germantown Academy
Aug. 29-31, 2005

4:32 PM  
Blogger Sedge Island said...

Great list of animals from Gemantown Academy! but I bet you saw even more. Hey, I heard Mr. Newburger plays a mean dulcimer. I wonder if he can play "revile"? (see Haddonfield HS post)Jim Merritt

3:24 PM  

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