A coronal hole high speed stream a few days ago put us on alert for some activity. I was lucky enough to catch my 1st sub-storm while driving on North Shore Drive! As I was driving, the sky practically exploded in front of me so I immediately pulled over and cut off my headlights. Not […]

Today, I went here for strikeout #2 for American three-toed woodpeckers.

I went on an unsuccessful chase of American three-toed woodpecker this weekend, but saw many great birds along the way.

My first example was basically just running the script until it crashed, conveniently having the problematic values assigned to the variables at the end of the run. From there, I could run lines individually outside of the functions that were crashing, and see where it hung up. This time, I’ll actually use the debugger. Amazingly, […]

This is the Python edition. I’m working with a script called StellaR.py and when I run it for myself with the Stella model I’m working with, I get this… Traceback (most recent call last):   File “StellaR.py”, line 717, in <module>     main()   File “StellaR.py”, line 541, in main     convT=convWrite(conv)   […]

Last month, a paper came out with several authors from the NRRI looking at how to assess wetland condition in the Great Lakes (Uzarski et al. 2017). It’s in keeping with the papers sent out this week for avian journal club (Chin et al. 2015, Howe et al. 2007). Interestingly, unaffiliated authors in the same […]

This is a post my nerdy, hobby astronomy self has been sitting on for awhile. I follow the basics of aurora forecasting, but mostly lean on experts commenting in some of the groups I follow. Of course, I can’t content myself with this; I need to know more, especially because the science behind it seems […]

One cool thing about coordinating a Breeding Bird Atlas (BBA) block, like several other citizen science initiatives, is you develop a sense of “place.” I’ve visited Superior, WI and Duluth, MN (and beyond) as part of the same trip several times before I moved up here, so I inevitably associate the Twin Ports in my […]

Today we went with the Wilson Ornithological Society to STA 5/6. My boyfriend and I went there last year, but for a very brief “run-through” tagging along during the CBC. We made the unwise decision to not participate in the full day, and learned when we arrived that it’s a place worth spending the whole day. I […]

Today, I’m heading south and thus gearing up for birding Ft. Myers in concert with my visit for the Wilson Ornithological Society conference! My #1 target will be mangrove cuckoo, and after that shiny cowbird. Those are the only resident species that are in range. Otherwise it would be pelagic species migrating off the coast. black-capped petrel […]