Stories from someone just fumbling through
The second day of the Tanager Lake catchment was not quite from hell but it sure wasn’t a good time either. It was filled with several nightmare worthy wet meadows, which are my absolute least favorite wetland to survey. I have perfected a technique to deal with wet meadows as swiftly as possible so… Continue reading Yellowstone: June 25th, 2013
A few weeks ago I visited the Museum of the Earth to check out their brand-spankin-new glacier and coral reef exhibits. These permanent exhibits have been a long time in the making so it was really nice to see them finally come to fruition. It all looks fantastic! Everyone did such a great job! See,… Continue reading Glaciers have come to the Museum of the Earth
Here are a few pics from my Easter walk with Petunia at the Esopus Creek Conservancy's Falling Waters Preserve in Saugerties, New York. If I return to the area in August (my future remains unclear at this point), I plan to volunteer for the Esopus Creek Conservancy. I met the Vice President, Susan, a few months… Continue reading A Hudson Valley Hike: Falling Waters Preserve
Well clearly WordPress hates me (or Kaaterskill Falls) today because this is about the twentieth time I've tried to post this. Ugh! Okay, deep breaths. I'm trying to get into shape for Yellowstone in a more body-friendly way than I have in years past. I'm trying to avoid the machines at the gym so hiking… Continue reading A Hudson Valley Hike: Kaaterskill Falls
Here are some photos of the hike I took at Mohonk with my friend Ami. It's days like this that I realize just how good I have it. The Mohonk Preserve is a fantastic place to hike and boulder (or do just about any other outdoor activity you can think of...from rock climbing to boating… Continue reading A Hudson Valley Hike: Mohonk
Having been a turtle lover all my life and a turtle biologist for a portion of it, I've been waiting for someone to do this study. Thank you Nathan Weaver! I will never forget getting the phone call from my heart-broken brother telling me how he risked life and limb to rescue a snapping turtle… Continue reading The Dark Side of Human Nature
I wandered around the property looking for snakes today. It's not the kind of thing one normally does but it's not too much of a stretch for me. The idea was to take an inventory of the location, abundance and species of snakes inhabiting the area for the Center for Snake Conservation's fall snake count.… Continue reading My so-called snake count
I'm in a dreadful mood today so to spare you from the dark place I'm in, I'll share with you some photos that I took a few weeks ago of our romp around the property. We were looking for migrating amphibians but at that moment we were a little premature. That would not be the… Continue reading I’m grump-diddly-dumpcious
Here are photos from my visit to Olana, home of the famous Hudson River School painter, Frederic Edwin Church. It's only a half hour drive from my house and in the off-season it's free to roam around their 250 acres. The architecture is gorgeous and so is the view of the river. My housemate, Cassie… Continue reading Our visit to Olana
The Unmaker 