Avian Ecologist

Bluff Prairie Surveys

I’ve arrived in Winona, MN to do the “eastern part” of the bird survey work. I’ll be based here for at least the northern surveys. The bluff country is so beautiful!

Smiley Barn WMA

Now, it’s warming up enough that by the later morning surveys, I don’t need my waterproof boots!

I think my feet are sweating quite a bit in my waterproof knee-high boots, but I don’t mind it. They’re perfect to otherwise keep dry in the tall, dewy grass…well now that I type that out, maybe it’s a bit ironic?

Windy Acres WMA

Today, I scouted this area to figure out what was suitable to target.

Altona WMA

I surveyed here this morning!

Pheasant Terrace WMA

My quick-drying Sahara pants from REI are admittedly better in the tall, dewy grass than my yoga pants.

June Blooms

shallows sweetflag (Acorus) sun bur-reed (in Dane Co., WI) narrow-leaved small branched wet grass-pink showy lady’s-slipper shining lady’s-tresses dry twayblade green orchids orchid Hooker’s large round-leaved blunt-leaved bog purple-fringed ragged-fringed prairie white-fringed northern water-plantain sticky false asphodel white colic-root wood lily milkwort pink racemed Allegheny-vine long-leaved bluets bedstraw pretty Labrador marsh northern southern 3-lobed branching […]

Pipestone National Monument

I took a walk on the circle trail to clear my head this evening.

Winter WMA

I started bird surveys this week, and this was my 1st site! Oddly, it’s hard to find a map of this area anywhere online, which makes me wonder if it’s the tract that’s been most recently added? I have surveyed an area off 211th street that’s marked with WMA signs. There was on-and-off rain earlier […]

How do I Classify This?

I’m going to have an output raster brick, and I have to classify it into 2 classes based on thresholds for multiple criteria. https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/help/mapping/layer-properties/data-classification-methods.htm