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I am a birder, naturalist, wildlife biologist, and now an interpretive ranger currently working for Maricopa County Parks and Recreation Department at the Hassayampa River Preserve near Wickenburg, Arizona. I spent the past several years following a career as a wildlife biologist and was a teaching assistant for a biology lab during grad school, with my education background consisting of an MS in Biology and BS in Forestry. I am an Arizona native and my past travels have taken me around most of the lower 48 United States, plus the state of Sonora in northwest Mexico. Before my current job I spent 1.5 years working as an environmental consultant in the Midwest based out of Kansas City (KS/MO), which gave me the opportunity to see a good portion of the Great Plains and Midwest region. My current travels are decidedly local, but I am hoping to travel abroad in the future when finances and work schedule allow. I am very content with my current career and happy to be doing a mix of environmental education and natural resource management at a wonderful desert oasis. I am looking forward to where this path takes me!

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Sunset at Mormon Lake

Back on November 11, 2011 (Veteran's Day) I went out birding at Lake Mary and Mormon Lake. At sunset I was at the Mormon Lake overlook and took lots of photos of the progression of what turned out to be a particularly brilliant sky (starting with the light pastel colors in the first few pics to the lava coloration in the latter photos):




























A photo of Upper Lake Mary before sunset:

An adult Bald Eagle seen another visit to Mormon Lake:


A probable 'Krider's' Red-tailed Hawk at Mormon Lake:

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