The sun is setting, the clouds beginning to turn various hues of reds and pinks. The saturation of color quickly increases as the sun retreats behind the mountains that make our sunsets so brief and yet so spectacular. It is quite seldom that I am to be found out in the sage at this hour of …
Category: Research
Island Hopping
The day's first rays of sunlight creep over the dark horizon, finding me crossing through the ocean. I have been awake for a couple of hours already, the alarm on my wrist watch jarring me awake after what seems to be only moments after falling asleep. Waking up in the total darkness of early morning can …
The Ecological Research of a Couch Potato
Driven by necessity, not all of my current work revolves around birds. This semester, in partnership with classmate Brandon Cary, I researched forest health decline in Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) near Gunnison as a term project for my Forest Ecology class. While this subject actually does relate to birds, and indeed this project will feed into …
The Cursorial Birder 