Another productive weekend of fieldwork in the beautiful Colorado Plateau yielded lots of new kit fox detections. I truly feel privileged to be studying this charismatic and sensitive species in such a beautiful landscape.
 
Above: Kit foxes inhabit desert habitats like this in the vicinity of Cisco, UT.

Above: Another stunning view of kit fox habitat near Canyonlands National Park.

Above: My 3-year-old field technician making paleontological discoveries during his lunch break. He is working on breaking matrix away from a fossilized bivalve. His tool: an old prairie dog leg bone. The only shade to be found out there in the desert is under I-70. We felt like sneaky little trolls hiding from the sun under the bridge.

Above: No question of a detection with this one. Kit fox hair obtained in a hair snare station.

Above: My field crew (mom –– Sharon, mother-law –– Lisette, husband –– Dan, and child –– Oliver) enjoying one more warm and sunny hike in Moab last weekend before heading back home where snow and ice lie on the ground.
 
My field season is now more than half over and I only have a few weekends of field work left. I look forward to them!