My apologies for the bullet points yesterday--it was late (9 pm) and I had to wake up early this morning (4 am).
Yesterday, I drove myself from Seattle to Blue River. I didn't even use the GPS to find the freeway! The drive was super easy, and there wasn't any traffic. When I got to Andrews, it was dead silent, and there seemed to be no one here...so I went poking around and found some people and got some answers. I moved myself in (why did I bring so much stuff?!?!) and got settled.
I also went down to the river to look around...
nice little creepy crawly guy
it's so good to see water again!
the moss makes the trees look like they're wearing clothes
biiiiiiggggg trees!
Yes, so this morning I woke up at 4 am and went with Sarah and Ashley on a point count. It was dark when we started walking, and I was just waiting to break my ankle. It was very slippery and I couldn't really see anything. I was just along to watch and familiarize myself with point count, which is a method of counting birds when you can't see them. (curious?: http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/birds/ptcounts/index.htm)
Those ladies have some good ears! We heard: pacific wren, hammonds flycatcher, pacific slope flycatcher, western tanager... I'm not sure which is which yet, but I'll figure it out! Oh, and we also saw a rough-skinned newt--these are poisonous, but so cute!
When I got back from the hike, I slept for 2 hours.
It just rained here, and now I can see blue sky!
I have a couple pals graduating from CC today, and I would like nothing more than to call them, but the closest place to get cell service is in a land far far away. Maybe I can get some calls in later today...
No idea what the day has in store for me...
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