RallidaeRule

Drew_Lab, 9 months ago to random

Finished up a paper that I started collecting data for in 2017. I sent it to my co-authors for the "if I don't hear from you I'm submitting in two weeks" and I cannot believe the tension being lifted from my shoulders as I hit send.

RallidaeRule, 9 months ago to random

I'm hiring!

Looking for someone to do quantitative work on the #NOAAFirebird Project and work on structured decision making support for a few other projects

The projects are bird focused, but glad to hire someone with the quantitative skills who is willing to learn the bird part

Located at Forbes Biological Station in Havana, IL.

Starts at 57k/yr plus benefits

Applications due by Sept 5

Glad to answer your questions!

https://illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/1/home/requisition/7529?c=illinois

#Ornithology #OrnithologyJobs #WildlifeJobs

RallidaeRule, 10 months ago to VegetableGardening

Its an exciting time of year in the garden, baskets of tomatoes most days, lots of peppers and herbs. Made 8 quarts of tomato sauce over the weekend, now canned and on the shelf. Looking forward to tasty dinners ahead.

The beans I recently planted are a few inches tall and doing well, fall carrots are starting to spourt. Okra is about a foot tall and thriving.

#VegetableGardening #GrowYourOwn #HomeCanning

RallidaeRule, 10 months ago to random

Always stinks to get a grant rejection. I'm glad I'm at a point in my professional life that it doesn't ruin my day, but it is still disappointing.

Rejection is a part of doing science, and these ideas are good ones, and we'll work to find money to fund them somewhere else.

I try to be transparent about how much #rejection I experience in my career, and I track paper and grant rejections on my website if you are curious

#FailForward

aurielfournier.github.io/rejection/

RallidaeRule, 10 months ago to VegetableGardening

Had the neighbors over last night to cook some hotdogs over the campfire

the two kiddos got interested in my garden and we ended up wandering around picking tomatoes and peppers and mint and snacking on them for awhile

and my heart is so full, joy over fresh food makes me so happy

though apparently my mint is 'too minty' :)

Also little kid arms are very good at reaching deep into tomatoes plants, to get the ripe cherry tomatoes I need to remember this for the future.

#VegetableGardening

RallidaeRule, 11 months ago to random

I've been trying to disuade the rabbits from eating my pepper plants for a month or so

Yesterday my 13 year old dog just ate a pepper right off the plant

So clearly I need to think more broadly about garden pests

She was very pleased with herself though

RallidaeRule, 11 months ago to random

Glad to see the issue of unpaid and underpaid positions in #ornithology and #ecology more broadly highlighted in this article in Audubon Magazine

We are making progress, but much more is needed

https://www.audubon.org/news/unpaid-labor-problem-conservation

#PayYourPeople