Heading North

Fellow blog followers, the time has almost come for me to migrate even further north. I'm talking about the tundra on the North Slope of Alaska. I will be stationed just east of an oil drilling town called Alpine. We leave at 7am on Monday from Anchorage. This should give you a little idea of where I'll be.

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  It has been quite a busy week but I've done everything I could to prepare for the field season. Nest and banding books are made, data sheets printed out, plot maps laminated and the list goes on. Not much time for birding. I did get a couple random year birds today including American Dipper and Gray Jay. 

 This weekend I will hopefully be getting to the mountains to try to find a few more boreal species and enjoy the trees before I don't see them for a few months.

The only way I will be able to keep this blog going is if I have cell service on the slope. The possibility is good as long as Verizon has a deal with the group who provides coverage for the oil workers. I know it will be hard, but you'll just have to live with it if I don't.