Today all eight members of the Salina Blues survey team came together for the first time.  We started at the captive breeding facility in the QE II Botanic Park, where newcomers Crystal and Megan got their first sightings on real live Blue Iguanas. Then we moved on to the Salina where we ran through and tested the practical aspects of the survey work, using GPS units, binoculars and reel tapes.

Final briefing before Salina Survey 2010

Finally we all returned to my home, where we had a final briefing, including the theory and purposes of the survey, and assigning the teams: Matt and Crystal will be the catch and tag team, while the three survey teams will be Megan and I; Doug and Carly;  Stacy and Joe. A meal together (thanks, Sarah!), a toast to the next three weeks work, and we are all set to start the survey work in earnest, tomorrow morning.