The April 2008 field trip brought beautiful weather and a nice relaxing weekend. Claire, Martha and Leisa were able to get to the site on Friday and enjoyed an evening gazing up at the stars and listening to the night birds. Saturday morning brought the arrival of the rest of the field trip party. Members ventured up stream and down stream. Several shark teeth and ray teeth were found, along with cochina stone embedded with turritella, gastropods, and nautiloids. A few Native American pottery shards were also found. After a relaxing cook out and campfire on the beach, four members of our party left for the big city, while the rest of the group had come prepared to camp for the weekend.
Sunday morning was a little foggy, as some of the early risers found out, but it lifted shortly after true light. Two members headed home early to care for pets while the remainder hiked the creek and other parts of the property. Several nautiloids were collected from an area that was newly exposed. In spite of dire weather reports, the weather at the creek was perfect for the weekend.
--Edited by Vicki Lais
(Vicki sends tons of thanks to those who shared their field trip stories, let her paw through their fossils, and took pictures while she was under the weather a bit.)
(photos courtesy Leisa Whitlow, Jan Novak, Claire Smith, and Vicki Lais)
The gang's all here, with Jan behind the camera!
The creek as seen through the trees.
Claire looking for routes down to the creek
View of creek.
Hunting fossils in the creek bed
Fossils and other items found by Leisa
Nautiloid
Shark teeth and other fossils.
Shark tooth and fragments of bone
Various fossils and pottery shards found by Leisa.
Carved bone found by Leisa
Echinoid found by Leisa. These are very rare at this site.
Various fossils found on trip
Claire with a nautiloid find
Recent tracks, possibly of an alligator
Nautiloid
Pam and Bob looking for fossils
Becky found a large, recent bone
Quiet creek in Butler County
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