Photos from Week 2

A day in the life.

Working on the GPS.



Climbing under the barbed wire fence.



Looking at the sea of sage scrub.



Flowers in the field.









Swainson's Hawk on the side of the road.



Only 6 more days in the field before I come home. It has gone really fast.

More pics from week 1

Week 1 was very long. We ended up working in the field on Sat since Monday was a holiday. I slept a lot on Mon as you would imagine.

Val and I. I am wearing waterproof pants after the miserable day we had on Fri. We got rained and snowed on. I was very wet and unhappy. Luckily I found some pants later that day.



Taking a break on one of the hills. It was right after this that we found a Loggerhead Shrike nest. It was very cool.



Black Beauty - our truck's name. She is a sight of beauty when we see her at the end of the day.



Giving Black Beauty a bath.

SLC, Utah / Elko, NV

After 3.5 days in Salt Lake City, Utah I am finally settled in Elko, Nevada for the next three weeks. Matt and I got to spend time togther during the training. It was really nice to be together - minus the no-see-ums and mosquitoes.



I also got to meet some of the people he has talked about for the past 2 years. Here is with Zack and Don.



I am very lucky to have a great partner, Valerie. She has been out here for the previous 2 years and knows the ropes.



Valerie and I drove to Elko on Saturday past the salt flats. This was my first time in Utah and this part of Nevada.



Once in Elko, we immediately went to the decent coffee shop. After taking care of some business, a bunch of us went out for sushi. It was pretty good sushi - especially for Nevada.


Counter-clockwise: Valerie, Jean, Rebecca, Miriam, Luis and Mikal

Tomorrow we start searching for bird nests...and breaking in a new pair of boots (uugh).