I went on a walk to look for the boot insoles I’ve been missing — just 20 minutes, from the car to the main road and back. The plains are windy and 90% overcast, but the clouds lack the uniformity that can make days like this ominous. Western meadowlarks and horned larks are singing, it feels […]
They’re letting me do it. Well, Frank is — even after he corrected my final Bird Quiz and scored it 25/40. I mistook Say’s phoebe singing for killdeer. We’ve heard Say’s phoebe a lot during training. Frank was easygoing about it. In our last conversation he showed me a GPS “trail of breadcrumbs” he made
It’s a windy sunny evening at Lake Pueblo, where this summer’s field techs have gathered for training. Several days of rain are on the way. Country music bounces over from the next campsite: “Your love is moooney, your love is moooney! Your love can make a man feel rich on minimum wage!” In my head
I got a summer job as an avian field technician in Colorado! I’ll be doing “point counts” — waking up before 5AM to stand at a series of spots for six minutes each and record every bird I see or hear. The data are used to generate maps of how many birds are in an
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