Once I’ve found a routine for early mornings, I happily adhere to them, especially to see some birds close! Bird banding dictates early mornings for several reasons. Birds are more active on cool mornings in hot clines. Setting up nets at daybreak means birds don’t… Read More
Drops of water kept falling on my face. I tried to roll over and cover up with my sleeping bag but instead nuzzled a pool collected at a low spot on the floor of my tent. Cactus Wrens churred away and Curve-billed Thrashers whistled their… Read More
This may be the last you hear from me. There’s a distinct chance I’ll drift away into el sierra madre and never come back. Hopefully of my own free will. Being a less roundabout, I’m headed to Mexico today. Well I’m headed to Arizona and… Read More
We didn’t have nearly enough snow this year. Driving through the Okanogan Valley, that’s about all I could think of. I could follow the trunks of apple trunks groundward with no obstructing snow. It could have been an early autumnal foray. But it was January.… Read More
The life of an aspiring naturalist, artist, and writer is essentially feast or famine and when you’ve got work, you make the most of it. If only someone paid me to write this blog, it would be updated in a much more regular fashion. Winter… Read More
Wolves are one of the most controversial animals in the world. They are recognized as intelligent, complex animals with which we have a distinctly multifaceted past. While our best and probably first companions are their descendants, people have long feared and been in awe… Read More
There’s something about the garbage heap I am strolling over. It’s in the middle of the city yet it holds the fascination of so many people, birders and otherwise. The contrast of ecologically bleak city of cement to the even vaguely wild is enough to… Read More
(a quick preface – things have been busy and trying – moving back to the city, finding a place to live, and getting settled at new jobs has pushed things back by months, I promise it won’t happen again. Thanks for reading!) No light, cascades… Read More
The sound of my alarm jostled me awake in the predawn quiet at camp. My room was cold and I could think of nothing more dreadful than getting out of my warm sleeping bag at this ungodly hour. But we had transects to complete in… Read More
Over our past posts we mentioned our employment is watching birds or specifically that we are “point counting”. However there has been scant attention paid to what a point count actually is. I suppose for those of you actually following along yet unsure what this… Read More
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