LaBreaLaura
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Working in the main deposit of Box 1 again, pulling out loads of large fossils, yay! Sabertoothed cats and dire wolves and bison, oh my! :-)
4:54 PM Apr 4th
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Filming with a group from the BBC today, and they were honestly one of the nicest crews I've had the honor and pleasure of working with <3
4:45 PM Mar 26th
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Working in Box 14 today to keep out of the rain, brr. Finding fossils from birds, rabbits, and young dire wolves. Mostly hind legs and toes.
11:00 AM Mar 17th
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Still here! I got a new phone, so Twitter should be easier to update. Still digging loads of fossils, currently in Boxes 1, 12 and 14. :-)
3:08 PM Mar 14th
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New blog post is up, talking about our recent rain, and Spring Cleaning, and excavating, and show-and-tell with lots of great media outlets.
10:08 AM Mar 30th, 2011
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Just completed excavating Box 7A! Yay! :-)
2:09 PM Jan 22nd, 2011
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Excited to see the Ice Age Encounters show visit our Page Museum tomorrow! Giant sabertoothed-cat? Yes, please. 11:30-1:30
4:59 PM Jan 16th, 2011
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We're digging in the rain, just digging in the rain, what a glorious feelin', there's fossils again! Loads of them, including a sloth skull!
3:21 PM Oct 20th, 2010
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In Box 14 news: a piece of baby mastodon skull, a golden eagle skull, a giant ground sloth vertebra, and dozens of bones from various birds.
3:18 PM Aug 7th, 2010
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Nifty finds: a semi-articulated Western Camel (!), a baby coyote skull, and a baby mammoth arm bone! I can't wait to see what's in Box 14!
3:29 PM Jul 25th, 2010
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In two hours, the volunteer next to me has found three toes, a tiny bird leg bone, and a rodent arm bone and lower jaw. I'm so proud!
3:40 PM Apr 17th, 2010
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I got interviewed about Project 23 for the Scholastic News magazine today. I <3 nice journalists that remind kids that science is cool!
7:00 PM Feb 15th, 2010
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Working on deposit 5B today before the rain hits, and my favorite thing we found so far is the lower leg bone of a stork. :-)
3:10 PM Jan 16th, 2010
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We found our first camel fossil from Project 23 this week: a neck vertebra!
2:57 PM Nov 9th, 2009
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Found a set of saber-toothed kitten sabers, and the scapula we just got out turned out to belong to our N. American lion, "Fluffy"! Yay!
12:35 PM Nov 3rd, 2009
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Ah, back working in the grid with lots of large fossils <3 Any day excavating the skulls of three different animals is a fun day in my book
11:59 AM Oct 20th, 2009
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We've been finding a lot of pretty turtle and bird fossils this weekend, and now it's starting to rain! (Unrelated, yes, but still nice.) :)
4:33 PM Oct 12th, 2009
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There's a new blog update, you should check it out ;-)
5:13 PM Oct 3rd, 2009
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Let's give a warm welcome to Ryan's "replacement", our new Excavator, Carrie Howard. Thank you again to all of the wonderful applicants. :-)
10:29 AM Sep 20th, 2009
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Joined Andrea in Box 1 again today. There are a lot of cool fossils in there, but I sure didn't miss my back hurting this much. :-)
5:43 PM Sep 19th, 2009
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- Name Laura Tewksbury
- Location Southern California
- Web http://excavatrix...
- Bio I'm an Excavatrix at The La Brea Tar Pits in L.A., and I dig fossils ;-) Check out my coworkers' blog too!
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