Category Archives: Pining for the Field

Southward on tireless wings..

Posted on October 4, 2017 by Stacey M. Hollis

So while I’m headed southward, I don’t have the advantage of tireless wings. Or any wings for that matter. Rather I’m talking about the tiny songbirds flying ever-southward, primarily under cover of darkness to evade daytime predators like hawks and falcons. … Continue reading →

Posted in BirdJob, Costa Rica, Pining for the Field | Tagged bay of fundy, biology, birds, canada, fall, fall migration, field job, migration, passerines, perching birds, puerto rico, seabirds, songbirds, warblers | 2 Comments

Pining for the Field: Burrowing Owls of the West

Posted on December 7, 2016 by Stacey M. Hollis

This is the only field job that I can say I’ve ever held a lap full of baby burrowing owlets. How does one happen to find oneself in such a predicament? It was 2007 and I had applied to a field … Continue reading →

Posted in BirdJob, field biology, Pining for the Field | Tagged 2007, arizona, bands, bird of prey, burrowing owls, california, colorado, conservation, field biology, fledglings, idaho, intern, nature, owls, raptor, research, university of arizona, utah, western united states | 3 Comments

Project Puffin video short!

Posted on November 24, 2016 by Stacey M. Hollis

*update: the video should work now! So I’ll be keeping up with my Pining for the Field series now that I’m not in the field. It details my various bird jobs in locations including Puerto Rico and Canada. My upcoming post … Continue reading →

Posted in BirdJob, Pining for the Field, Project Puffin, video | Tagged audubon, cards, Journalism, maine, maine coast, online store, photography, Project Puffin, puffins, research, seal island, seal island nwr, terns, video | 4 Comments

Pining for the Field: Bay of Fundy

Posted on November 7, 2016 by Stacey M. Hollis

My first bird job out of college (after having two seasons of Project Puffin under my belt), I traveled north to New Brunswick, Canada to do warbler studies in and around Bay of Fundy National Park. It was the summer … Continue reading →

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Pining for the Field: Puerto Rico

Posted on October 21, 2016 by Stacey M. Hollis

So while I’m back to reality, much removed from the hidden world of birds, I’ll take a look back at other field jobs I’ve taken part in over the years. We’ll harken back to 2006 when I travelled to Cabo … Continue reading →