Bird vs. Fish

GIS + AI

I finally sold out dipped my toe in the water of seeing what was possible with connecting QGIS to an AI agent. For starters (or to show how behind the game I am) I had to learn what any of them are; I ended up going with the one some of my colleagues had talked […]

The Woods at New Gretna

Happy summer! I walked from the entrance off Rt 9 past the west entrance on the red trail. Cool little park, will be back!

QGISMCP

I decided to try my first foray into AI with QGIS on my work computer (i.e. Windows obligate) and trying to recreate a friend’s example I had to do the following things as a complete newbie: You can replace the entire file with this and save it, and Claude will just add all the default […]

Yard Insects This Summer

I’m back to my backyard, and am doing a synopsis of what’s been happening this season. I’ve had a nest of guinea paper wasps on the fence, but out of a desire to not disturb them(!) I haven’t checked on them. I’ve also had a few crab spiders on my flowers, but iNaturalist reviewers seem […]

Slide Mountain

I did a “bucket list” hike to the summit of Slide Mountain today! I took the path up here and took the Curtis-Ormsbee Trail back. I haven’t done a mountain hike in years, so it was tough! It was a good encouragement to get back into peak (pun intended) hiking shape to explore more of […]

NJ Mapping

I had to make a leaflet map for a work project with sensitive data, and as the backdrop I used the following layers:

The Legacy of Changed Marshes: references

Thank you for reading my latest article in Cape May magazine! Here are my sources, along with some corrections… Corrections This doesn’t incorporate Delaware Bay marshes, so I’m not sure how that would adjust the estimate barring re-finding the previous rough estimate. But, it’s possible that the extent of ditching is closer to 40%. References […]

Female Bird Weekend

Happy Memorial Day! This weekend, the Galbatrosses celebrated Female Bird Day, and this galbatross in particular spent a good chunk of the weekend looking for female birds and posting short videos of them w/ID tips to my Instagram story. Species in which I was able to find the female: Some reflections…

Godwit Days

Today my mom and I are headed to this fest in CA! I’m writing this post after the fact as a reminder for what I packed and could have used, since I may well do this festival again 🙂 Honestly this festival was pretty easy to pack for, as the weather was about the same […]

Best Birds of 2026 – running list

I’m kicking off my annual best birds list, to be fleshed out at the end of the year!