Birding. For anyone familiar with the concept, it probably brings to mind stereotypical images of bespectacled young and old gripping their binoculars, scopes, and cameras for dear life as they search for the elusive bird in the tree, river, or marsh. Birders travel far and wide trying to catch that 5 second glimpse of a bird that enables them to put a check next to a name in their bird…
If you don’t want to hear about the overnight adventures of my other life, read no further. No, I don’t mean those kinds of adventures. Geez, people, do you really think I’d write about that in my blog? Just kidding!! I’m talking about my dreaming life that makes many mornings just a little bit confusing and yet also rather entertaining. Scientific studies show the connection between REM sleep and dreaming,…
Kelsey says, “Hi Mom!” So does Thomas, I suppose. 🙂 Right now our crew is spending a night in Chevak thanks to Obama. Apparently since we’ve been in the field there’s been some change made to Obamacare that applies to this bio tech position, and we have to decline the coverage that’s been offered to us for whatever nonsensical reason. We couldn’t do this over the phone; it required logging…
Ready? Shortest post ever. Goodbye, internet and phone service. I’m headed back to the Tutakoke River to harass – err, help study – black brant for a little over 3 months. I think I’ll get 1 more real shower before my life of saunas-as-showers resumes. 🙂 If you look at the map, I’ll be living in camp on the horseshoe bend right near the mudflats (main border of brown/gray and…