It’s easy to wax romantic about this job, about seeing every sunrise and listening to the dawn chorus, exploring different landscapes, and being immersed in nature. The reality is that it involves a lot of driving. Especially in the 2023 field season, when my survey locations were picked by a blind chimpanzee throwing darts at …
This post has nothing to do with birding. That said, it concerns an event that has reshaped the fiber of my being. What follows is an account of my descent into madness. Recently, I traveled from Austria to the Netherlands for a wedding (not mine). The Octopus and I elected to take the night train …
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