All Pictures from Ohio Dominican's Campus in Fall of 2019 (unless otherwise noted)

Taken during ENV331 (Mammalogy), BIO202 (Botany, Zoology, and Ecology), and ENV115 (Environmental Science)

Blake Mathys, Ph.D.


Link to Report (with pictures) for 2019 Owl Walk


Dr. Mathys with buffalofish


Silverjaw Minnow (the first documented on campus)


Jaden with Common Carp


Ben Rich (from Ohio EPA) holding a carpsucker


Black Crappie


Smallmouth Bass


Hybrid Sunfish


Northern Hogsucker


Northern Hogsucker


Longear Sunfish


Rock Bass


Saugeye


Saugeye teeth


Smallmouth Bass


Yellow Bullhead


Yellow Bullhead


Northern Cardinal


Tennessee Warbler


Song Sparrow


Amin holding Song Sparrow


Peromyscus mouse caught on campus for mammalogy course


Katy with Peromyscus mouse


Peromyscus mouse caught on campus for mammalogy course


Peromyscus mouse caught on campus for mammalogy course


Short video of one of the mice


Map Turtle found during Mammalogy class (yes, I'm aware that it's not a mammal)


Katy holding Map Turtle


Leech that we took off of the map turtle


Greenside Darter


Green Sunfish


Green Sunfish


Green Sunfish


Close view of face of Green Sunfish


Hybrid (BluegillxGreen Sunfish) on top, pure Green Sunfish on bottom


River Carpsucker


Lips of River Carpsucker


Dr. Mathys with River Carpsucker


Very small (young-of-year) Rock Bass


Dr. Mathys with Common Carp


Caitlyn with four Logperch


Closer view of the Logperch


Green Frog seen along Alum Creek while we were seining for fish


Northern Hog Sucker


Natalie holding a Stoneroller


Closer view of Stoneroller


Stonecat Madtom


Spotfin Shiner


Streamline Chubs


Striped Shiner, the first one I've seen in Alum Creek


Students examining a saugeye (a hybrid between a walleye and a sauger)


Closer view of Saugeye, the first I've seen in Alum Creek


Sunfish; probably a hybrid between a Bluegill and a Green Sunfish


Sunfish; possibly a hybrid. Very nice colors.


On September 18th the Environmental Science class caught a Common Carp; it's usually difficult to get larger fish into a seine, so we were very excited.

Alex with Common Carp


Amin with Common Carp


Ayden with Common Carp


Billy with Common Carp


Caitlyn with Common Carp


George with Common Carp


Kenyon with Common Carp


Dr. Mathys with Common Carp


Alex with three stonerollers and a silver shiner


Bluegill


Crappie


Crayfish


Dragonfly larva


Fathead Minnow


Cool fungus


Gray Catbird


Haleigh and Amin identifying fish


Logperch


Mammalogy students out exploring


Orangespotted Sunfish


Silver Shiner


Snail


Spider


Spotted Sucker


Streamline Chub


Trout-Perch (the first I have seen in Alum Creek!)


Western Mosquitofish (the second I have seen in Alum Creek)


Northern Waterthrush


Tara with Song Sparrow


Tahnysha and Keirah holding Gray Catbird and Song Sparrow


ENV115 class getting in the water to catch some fish


Northern Hogsucker


Banded and Rainbow Darters


Golden Redhorse


Logperch


Pictures below are highlights from game cameras set up on campus by the Mammalogy class.

Yes, I know the dates on the pictures are wrong; however, the times are correct. These pictures are from three cameras placed in various locations during the semester.


Raccoon (Procyon lotor)


Artistic White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)


Raccoon (Procyon lotor)


White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)


Raccoon (Procyon lotor) foraging in the shallow water at the edge of the creek


Groundhog (Marmota monax)


Opossum (Didelphis virginiana)


Opossum (Didelphis virginiana)


Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) with hickory nut. Picture is sideways due to a raccoon knocking the camera over.


Eastern Chipmunk (Tamias striatus)


Mouse (possibly Deer Mouse Peromyscus maniculatus)


Raccoon (Procyon lotor) foot


Groundhog (Marmota monax)


Raccoon (Procyon lotor)


White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)


Raccoon (Procyon lotor) closeup, smelling the camera


White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)


Curious White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)


Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes)


Coyote (Canis latrans)


Raccoons (Procyon lotor)


White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) fawn


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