Nice day for a stroll

And another since I could only upload 4 pictures

So proud of students in the WE ~ ECO lab, who presented their work last week at the ARISE symposium at UNF!

Very lucky to work with such kind, hard-working students.

Even got another porewater well installed and continuous water sensor deployed, so we can track water levels and salinity over time. What a great UNF crew!

Quite dry in NE Florida lately, but the Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) is going off! Lovely to see these shrubs loaded with swallowtails and other butterflies while doing freshwater wetlands fieldwork on a salinity intrusion project at the Guana-Tolomato-Matanzas NERR

And white mangrove in Florida (for now!) at a spot closer to the border than we thought just a year ago...

Red and black mangroves still hanging on in Georgia after January freeze- reds still doing weird stuff we don't understand (yet)

Fieldwork brings me joy and a mental break from

Checked up on the northern most black, red, and white #mangroves in US yesterday and was reminded how little we know and how many folks are doing good work to explore our world!

Perfect opportunity for this from @kilkennycat.art

I mean this took ~2 min to sketch and yet is not the same...

Finding joy where I can. Happy #MardiGras! Students may have had a strange time in lecture talking about transpiration today

Received decision on NSF BRC-BIO late last night (declined but highly meritorious from panel). Go to the staff page to make sure the PO wasn't just fired and... it's unavailable.

Thank you NSF folks for all you do, even (especially?) now.

P.S. these plants are fabulous. Look at those fleshy rhizomes!

Needed my hands in dirt with good folks (Florida Native Plant Society Ixia, UNF Institute for Environmental Research & Education, Botanical Gardens, and Wetlands Club) today. Take care of yourselves, y'all.

Much needed break to put some plants in the ground this morning. Rescued from development, they now have a home on UNF's campus!

Not a birder per se but our 5-9 have used these with some success! The upclose is Celestron and was a good price

Chilly day for coastal Florida fieldwork (40's F)! Getting some temp sensors out on mangroves at the ecotone in case we get a lethal freeze this season... Awesome partnership with Ches Vervaeke (not pictured but I'll snag him next time)