News From the Field
Well, don't know if I annouced it here or not but I got a job working as an Avian Field Technician for a Grad Student going to University of Tennessee doing Bird Population Point Counts which involves me stopping on roadsides and listening to for birds and recording whether I hear our target species. After a week of training, which was last week, I am now on my own in Mississippi doing these surveys. I was camping the past three days but now I am stationed at Noxubee Wildlife Refuge in a camper trailer for the rest of my time surveying MS and then I move on to Alabama so now I have the pleasure of staying at the Refuge for the rest of my time as a tech.
My internet access is somewhat limited so I won't be responding very frequently for the next month. I have to go into town to get any phone and internet service which is kind of bitch I must say especially when wanting to talk to my mom and fiance but I'll deal.
It's been eh, most of the time. I have been so anxious and depressed from being so far away from the ones I love that I just kind of freaked and all I have wanted to do is go home and in fact, writing about this again is making some of the feelings come back. I have since gotten over it after talking to my mom, fiance and grandparents and they gave encouragement which actually did wonders for me. I have since turned to a more positive attitude and even though I stil want to get home, I have a different perspective and since getting to the Refuge my mood has definitely changed for the better and it is wonderful. And the great thing is that there is a bunkhouse right next to my trailer with two people from the east, one person is from PA and the other is from Ohio so I might have some people to talk to. That's about it, it has been fun though, the bird counts just can get extremely lonely since I am by myself. Oh well, just a month more and I will be on my way with experience under my belt.
Until I get internet access again!
My internet access is somewhat limited so I won't be responding very frequently for the next month. I have to go into town to get any phone and internet service which is kind of bitch I must say especially when wanting to talk to my mom and fiance but I'll deal.
It's been eh, most of the time. I have been so anxious and depressed from being so far away from the ones I love that I just kind of freaked and all I have wanted to do is go home and in fact, writing about this again is making some of the feelings come back. I have since gotten over it after talking to my mom, fiance and grandparents and they gave encouragement which actually did wonders for me. I have since turned to a more positive attitude and even though I stil want to get home, I have a different perspective and since getting to the Refuge my mood has definitely changed for the better and it is wonderful. And the great thing is that there is a bunkhouse right next to my trailer with two people from the east, one person is from PA and the other is from Ohio so I might have some people to talk to. That's about it, it has been fun though, the bird counts just can get extremely lonely since I am by myself. Oh well, just a month more and I will be on my way with experience under my belt.
Until I get internet access again!