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Great Blue Heron

Trans: Latin prefix implying “across” or “Beyond”, often used in gender nonconforming situations Scend: Archaic word describing a strong “surge” or “wave”, originating with 15th century english sailors Survival: 15th century english compound word describing an existence only worth transcending

Jess Sullivan

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Bird and nature photography from field research, birding expeditions, and the backyard.

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How To Generate convex hull polygons and centroids from KML

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How to Query KML point data as CSV using QGIS and R

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Research Year Two: Three Photos

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Using ESRI ArcGIS / ArcMap on Mac OSX: 2 methods

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...During #3 I got demolished by biting insects- ".6" times later I had purchased and applied a significant DEET and re-entered the fray! -Jess

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Fox Park #16 and #17: 4/16/17,Big Toad: Small Vireo. Yay.

I was in and out of Fox park today as well as yesterday, so I will not put a time. The sun was hot (77F), the skies were clear, and the birds were singing.

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Bird Observations Today- Langdon Woods

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Beaver Dam @ Quincy Bog #1: 3/30/17, The World Has Gone Mad

The first year PSU natural history class wandered into the middle of Quincy Bog onto the local beaver lodge at about 10am today, 3/30/17. We had came to this...

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Wolf Pine @ Fox Park #8: 3/16/17, Someone Bumped The Snow Machine

I decided to snowshoe into Fox Park at about 6:30am Thursday, 3/16/17. Firstly, the forest sounded like it is in shock; dead quiet. No crows or bluejays, only...

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Sit spot #N.1: The GHO Talk

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Wolf Pine @ Fox Park #7: 3/12/17, Surprise! It's Cold

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Wolf Pine @ Fox Park #6: 3/10/17, Theoretical Owls and Real Tree Bark

I hit the trails at 5 am sharp Friday 3/10/17. Nice morning, some cloud cover but a reasonable temperature for prospective chipmunks for jaunt out of the...

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Wolf Pine @ Fox Park #4: 3/5/17, Noon-ish time

This is the kind of day it is today. Not a cloud in the light blue sky, the sun casting sharp shadows from the bare branches. A bit blustery, and cold- I'd...

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Wolf Pine @ Fox Park #3: 3/3/17, Noon-ish time

I walked into Fox Park on 3/3/17. Note how I could walk right in; the snow has settled and melted into a single layer that had been frozen the night before.

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Wolf Pine @ Fox Park #1 +Bonus Winter Birds

Today and yesterday, 2.19.17 - 2.20.17, have officially kicked off my first real visits to my "sit spot" (required for all adventure ed students at PSU) and...

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Opportunistic birding: 14/12/2016

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