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NELSOOOOOOON (labnote sidenote)
if you have read my last lab note ( farm fun time part 1, Arundel MD) you read about how I'm trying not to anthropomorphize or get attached to pigeons too much. However, I completely failed at this...
Farm fun time part 1, Arundel MD
back to the field! after months of waiting for permits, one failed attempt and about a bajillion emails, it was time to head off to my Maryland collecting site. Kinder Farm park was the site in que...
2020 collection plans
My return to research class at good o'l PHS has greeted me with piles of self-imposed paperwork, permits upon ethics forms upon "Imnotsureexactlywhatthisisorwhatimsupposedtodowithit" forms.However...
The mutants of key west
The wild flocks of rock pigeons on key west might look like any other at first sight. however, I was able to find 4 unique mutations among the flock I studied that could be found no where else in m...
Florida is gonna be Florida (anecdotes from key west)
Im back from key West, and boy was it a wild ride!it started with me, waiting for a phone call in a hotel. because in Florida, rock pigeons are given the ominous categorization of "class one invasi...
The Carolinas, Better than expected!
The first leg of my collecting trip down south began in Raleigh North Carolina at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences.the collections of the NCMS where different from those I have seen be...
That was ummm interesting..... Castle Island Boston trip report
Hi everyone!I'm back from my 3rd collection site, it was a bit of a wild ride. For a bit of context, Castle Island is a small park in South Boston. The centerpiece of this park is the castle-like F...
That's a lot of bones! collecting data at the American museum of natural history (AMNH)
hey experimenters!After my my little trip to costa rica, it was time for me to get back to business. About a month ago, I made arrangements with a collection manger at the American Museum of Natura...
A re-draw of the coast and an un-expected opportunity, Ithaca NY
Hey experimenters! so fun fact, (I thought) I would be taking a bit of a pause in research to go to a conference at Cornell university and take a trip to costa rica with the National Audubon Societ...