Catt-Trax 2 - blog entry - Comments

Loons Loons Loons

Danny Catt — Sun, 27 May 2007 11:22:53 -0700

Hi Olivia,

Thanks very much for your blog post and question. I am back home now which is nice. Yes, I have seen many loons in Canada. We have four species that you can see in British Columbia: Common, Yellow-billed, Pacific and Red-throated. I have had the good fortune of seeing all four species!

Thanks so much for your posts and questions and I hope you are well.

Cheers, Danny :)

My Spanish

Danny Catt — Sun, 27 May 2007 11:17:28 -0700

Hi Caricia,

Thanks so much for your note... and I hope all is going well for you in Lima and Pucallpa. I am home now.... and all is well. My Spanish is better than it was when I was in Peru... but I still need to learn a lot more! Say hola to your family and keep me posted on how your studies are going.

Gracias, Danny :)

Spreading the Word

Danny Catt — Sun, 27 May 2007 11:14:58 -0700

Hi Christy and Iain,

Great to hear from you and I will certainly spread the word. See you soon.

Danny

hi danny its olivia again

olivia — Wed, 23 May 2007 14:39:20 -0700

hi danny its olivia again but on a different blog i was wondering if you saw saw any loons in canada.

Hi Olivia

Danny Catt — Tue, 22 May 2007 22:04:00 -0700

Hi there Olivia,

Thanks for your message. I am well thanks and it is nice to be home. I will be visiting Vanderhoof on Monday, June 4th. I hope to see you there!

Cheers, Danny :)

school

olivia — Tue, 22 May 2007 14:35:48 -0700

hi danny how r u i wondering when u will be coming to b.c vanderhoof.

Bruvgel

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Pikake — Sat, 12 May 2007 18:39:00 -0700

Hi Danny - I meant to add in the note above, that our web person extraordinaire (Stephanie), said that there have been 16,500 since January 1 on our website. Pretty phenomenal! I'd say it's a hit

Welcome home! See you when I get home from Winnipeg!

Terry

Fue un placer!

Pikake — Fri, 11 May 2007 15:16:07 -0700

Hi Danny,

It was my absolute pleasure to be part of the team of Catt-Trax2. I am looking forward to seeing you next week and hearing first hand your incredible experiences, and about the wonderful people you have met along the way.

I acted as your proxy this morning in the Learning and Teaching Centre - presenting to the BCIT people and the BCCampus reps, and it was very well received. It was a good run through for the presentation Stephanie and I will give in Winnipeg at the CADE conference.

Have a good journey home and a great homecoming to Vancouver.

Nos vemos la proxima semana.

Terry

Wow

Shelley — Thu, 10 May 2007 07:34:03 -0700

Hi Danny,

What a great adventure this has been! I've been following along, and as always, your insatiable curiosity is infectious and I've learned so much, and remembered quite a bit that I had forgotten I already knew.

It will be good to have you back in communication, but sad to see the journey come to a close.

Safe travels through Columbia,

Shelley

What Great Pictures

Leah — Wed, 09 May 2007 20:43:07 -0700

I have so enjoyed following your trip, and seeing the amazing places, people and nature along the way. I'm inspired to go visit parts of the world that I'd never have thought of otherwise.

The photos along the way have been incredible - Couldn't say which one was my favorite, but I did especially like the frogs from Ecuador! Maybe when you're home I can obtain copies for a friend - they'd make a wonderful birthday gift for a little boy who loves frogs.

Hope you are well,

Leah

Beautiful Pictures!!

Caricia — Wed, 09 May 2007 10:24:31 -0700

Hey Danny!!.. Did you learn spanish already!?.. hahaha.. I hope you can do it .. when are you going home?..

You really got beautiful pictures, I'm amazed..

Caricia..

Success!

Jessie Kleeberger — Wed, 09 May 2007 10:04:36 -0700

Hi Danny!

Sounds like the journey was a complete success! That's great! Your note about observing everything around you reminded me of something that read about barnacles in the Galapagos, this obviously being an observation beneath your feet, and slightly irrelavent since you are no longer there. Anyway, relatively recently a researcher/naturalist in the Galapagos documented a reduction in the number calcified plates of the outer barnacle shell of a common barnacle (Balanus balanus, I think) from 8 to 6 to 4 plates. Barnacles in the intertidal are preyed on by gastropod snails that drill through the calcium carbonate outershell and then sort of "slurp' out the barnacle guy inside. The explanation given for this observation was that the snails tended to drill at places on the shell where the plates came together, the sutures. At these places the shell was thinner and required less energy to drill through. Also interesting, this same trend was noticed on the BC coastal intertidal zone with our common barnacle species, B. glandula, whose main predators are Nucella sp. gastropod snails. But, most fascinating, is this evolution happening right before our eyes, or just another incredible adaptation to life in the intertidal? I am not sure if anyone knows for sure! A bit of barnacle natural history for you. Nonetheless, it is kind of neat, especially since I have a unique interest in barnacles (long story). Welcome home, great job on the site. and look forward to hearing more about it in the fall. Have a great summer!

Jessie Kleeberger

I guess it's almost over...

Marla — Tue, 08 May 2007 15:01:38 -0700

Hi Danny,

My last posting. Since I guess you are home soon. Be careful in Columbia! It's been a fascinating journey. The Galapagos was my favourite part. How can one not fall in love with the blue-footed booby? :) Such a fascinating place. And your photos are so incredible it really makes the rest of us feel as though we have been there. It's been inspirational on many levels. Great job! Enjoy the final few days of your adventure.

Marla

ps. I think the photo above should be your "Danny Catt" photo for this site :)

Tortuga!

Pikake — Tue, 08 May 2007 11:15:34 -0700

Love this photo!