Hi. I live in Texas now. I've been here for three months and I have one more left on my sentence. I'm currently working as a seasonal field biologist for the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champagne on Ft. Hood Army Base. A little confusing, but it's not like you have to get used to it. I'm working as part of an effort to monitor the breeding success of the federally endangered Golden-cheeked Warbler. After that I'm moving to Blythe, CA to work for the Southern Sierra Research Institute, again as a seasonal field biologist. The work there will be similar to what I'm doing here, but I'll be working with Yellow-billed Cuckoos. And it'll be in the desert. During the summer. Hm.

This is my journal. My journal journal. It includes all the things I do at work and after work. There is work and play, food and beer, field trips and hangovers. Only minor edits to keep me out of trouble, (and to be honest, with the power of the internet there's a lot in here to get me in trouble).  I have another journal that isn't my journal journal. I call it my field journal because it leaves out all the play and just focuses on the work and biology. I take parts of my day and add a few explanations and try to make it more.. er.. professional. Even though the template says otherwise. I call it Coulter's Field Journal because I am so original. But that is there and not here.

Here is what I've been doing these past three months.. (nexxxxxxt pooosssstt)