{"id":7528,"date":"2019-08-30T17:36:57","date_gmt":"2019-08-30T17:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/?p=7528"},"modified":"2021-06-08T21:31:27","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T21:31:27","slug":"student-guest-blog-post-western-meadow-jumping-mouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/2019\/08\/30\/student-guest-blog-post-western-meadow-jumping-mouse\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Guest Blog Post: Western Meadow Jumping Mouse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By:  Emma Balunek <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n(CNHP Siegele Conservation Science Intern) \n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My name is Emma Balunek and I was one of the interns this\nsummer. My summer took me to seven different places in Colorado which was\nexciting since this was my first summer living in the state. I was able to work\nwith bats, small mammals, plants, insects, and birds! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/08\/2DSCF6058.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"7525\" data-link=\"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/2dscf6058\/\" class=\"wp-image-7525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/08\/2DSCF6058.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/08\/2DSCF6058-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/08\/2DSCF6058-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption>Renee weighing the Meadow Jumping mouse.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/08\/2DSCF6066.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"7526\" data-link=\"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/2dscf6066\/\" class=\"wp-image-7526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/08\/2DSCF6066.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/08\/2DSCF6066-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/08\/2DSCF6066-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption>Close up of the Meadow Jumping mouse.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have many favorite memories. One of them is catching a Meadow Jumping mouse (<em>Zapus hudsonius) <\/em>at Hallam Lake in Aspen! We were conducting a bioblitz which is where you identify as many plants, mammals, and insects as possible in a specific area and during a specific time period. In order to figure out which species of small mammals are in the area, we set up Sherman live traps. Each evening, we go to the 45 traps set up to open them and put oats in the trap to attract rodents. Then early in the morning we go around and check them. On the second morning we caught three Meadow Jumping mice! Renee and Teru (other interns), John (CNHP zoologist), and I were all very excited to document this mouse on the property. We took measurements of the mouse\u2019s weight, ears, legs, body, and tail before releasing him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube aligncenter wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"CNHP Siegele Conservation Science Intern Teru releasing the Meadow Jumping mouse in slow motion.\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7zVxKuf0NFs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>Teru releasing the Meadow Jumping mouse in slow motion. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The meadow jumping mouse lives in wet, herbaceous habitat\nusually along streams with vegetation like willows. They have long hind feet\nand tails twice their body length that assist them in jumping impressive\nheights and distances. There are subspecies of the Meadow Jumping mouse\nincluding the endangered Preble\u2019s Meadow Jumping mouse, which only lives in\nriparian areas along Colorado and Wyoming\u2019s front range, and the endangered New\nMexico Meadow Jumping mouse.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This was my first exposure to small mammal trapping and I\nloved catching the small little rodents that we rarely see while hiking around!\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: Emma Balunek (CNHP Siegele Conservation Science Intern) My name is Emma Balunek and I was one of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":7526,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,72,9,59,52,77,64,96,34,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-about-cnhp","category-cnhp","category-cnhp-in-the-news","category-cnhp-interns","category-csu-students","category-mammal","category-prebles-meadow-jumping-mouse","category-siegele-conservation-science-internship","category-students","category-zoology","entry","override"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7528\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}