Vertebrate Field Zoology
Samford University

Vertebrate Field Zoology Collection, Spring 2000

Week one specimens collected:

Dr. Mike Howell & Vertebrate Field Zoology class, Lake Purdy, Alabama
Collection data: Little Cahaba River below Lake Purdy Dam, Shelby County, Alabama (T185,R1W, Sec 29)
31 January 2000, R. L. Jenkins, W. M. Howell, and BIOL 416 class.


Week Two Specimens Collected:
Vertebrate Field Zoology Class, 7 Feb 2000, Cahaba River
Collection data: Cahaba River at Highway 280, Shelby County, Alabama; R.L. Jenkins, W.M. Howell, Biol 416 class, 7 February 2000.

Week Three Specimens Collected:
Big Sandy Creek, 16 Feb 2000
Collection data:  Big Sandy Creek, south of Coaling, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama; R.L. Jenkins, W. M. Howell, Biol 416 class, 16 February 2000

Week Four Specimens Collected:
Vertebrate Field Zoology Class, 21 Feb 2000, tributary of Cahaba River
Collection data:  Small, unnamed tributary to the Cahaba River, approximately one mile northeast of Liberty Park on Old Overton Road, Jefferson County, Alabama; R.L. Jenkins, W.M. Howell, and Biol 416 class, 21 February 2000.

Week Five Specimens Collected:
Ebenezer Swamp, 28 February 2000
Collection data:  Ebenezer Swamp, approximately five miles northeast of Montevallo, Shelby County, Alabama; R.L. Jenkins, W.M. Howell, and Biol 416 class, 28 February 2000.

Week Six Specimens Collected:
Murphy Creek, Blount County, Alabama, 6 Mar 2000
Collection data:  Murphy Creek, about one mile west of Blount Springs, Blount County, Alabama; R.L. Jenkins, W.M. Howell, and Biol 416 class, 6 March 2000.

Week Seven Specimens Collected:
Tributary to Cahaba River
Collection data: Small unnamed tributary to Cahaba River at Grant's Mill, Shelby County, Alabama; R.L. Jenkins, W.M. Howell, and Biol 416 class, 13 March 2000.

Week Eight Specimens Collected:
Bird watching at Lake Purdy boat landing
Collection data:  Bird watching at Lake Purdy boat landing, Shelby County, Alabama; Drs. R.L. Jenkins, W.M. Howell, and Biol 416 class, 10 April 2000.

Week Nine Specimens Collected:




Rodney Collier, Ship Captain and First Mate Joe,  of the <i>R-V A. E. Verrill</i>
Captain Rodney Collier and his first mate Joe of the research vessel, A.E. Verrill,
took our Samford students out into the Gulf of Mexico on a search for specimens





Ready for research trip off Dauphin Island
Students ready for research trip into the Gulf off Dauphin Island




Examining specimens found at Dauphin Island Sea Lab
Examining specimens found at Dauphin Island Sea Lab and in the Gulf of Mexico





Collection data:  Dauphin Island, Mobile County, Alabama;
Drs. R.L. Jenkins, W.M. Howell, Biol 416 class,
and several students from Biol 203 class, 14-16 April 2000.

Department of Biology   ||   Samford University
Web page by Linda Fincher Wood; updated 28 April 2000