Work

Today was a really good day at work for me. I found out that 2009 is going to be a very exciting year, professionally! I'll be traveling a bit more for work, but I'll have the opportunity to go to some really cool places (the desert and the Sierras many times) and gain more experience with Threatened and Endangered Species. I'm really excited for the year to come :)

At work, we just created a pond in order to restore a wetland. It's been fascinating seeing the process of how a pond forms: filling up water from the water table, the bugs move in within hours, the frogs move in within a day, algae starts to bloom within two days, bird tracks throughout because of bugs and frogs, and plants strarting to grow already - and it's only been a week. Here's one of our first visitors, who reinforced what every swim teacher's ever told their students: blow bubbles when you're underwater. I don't really think this frog needs to, since it is an amphibian, but it's still kinda a neat shot: