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 […]

All of the owl records in the block are on Wisconsin Point, unsurprisingly. It’s easy to see the spatio-temporal bias in the data here: most bird reports in general for the block are on the point, during jaegerfest! Looking at the data at this particular spatial resolution really highlights an issue like this, and is […]

In other nocturnal observations, a long-lost love, astronomy! (Forgive the bad feature photo, it was a time exposure with my iPhone.) I watched Jupiter rise over the lake tonight, and the lake was so calm that you could actually see its reflection. It was one of those beautiful, albeit faint, long light beams down the […]

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