Lauren Smith
Lauren spends most of her time traveling, writing, reading, rock climbing, birding, lusting after mountains, and working as a field biologist and naturalist (though she’s keen to try her hand at this whole writing business). She hasn’t lived in any one place for more than 6 months in quite a long time, which is fine by her. When not holed up with her laptop in a coffee shop, she’s probably doing something fun outside.
MY BLOGS
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Tales From A Wandering Albatross
http://talesfromawanderingalbatross.wordpress.com/
I started this blog to update family and friends on my itinerant ways, as I am typically in a new location every 3 months. Here, I chronicle my exploits as a field biologist, naturalist, and general outdoor-lover.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 69 )
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Nest Searching: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Nest Searching When we’re not banding birds, we’re searching out bird nests and monitoring them. This means that, at three of our banding sites, we also look fo... Read more
Posted on 30 July 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE -
Feathered Friday Article
Guess who had a giant picture of their hands in the Jackson Hole News Guide! Yes, that would be me. My hands are famous! Read more
Posted on 19 July 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE -
What Being an American Means to Me
I’m a few days behind, but better late than never, right? ——– As I stood watching the fireworks after listening to Old Crow Medicine Show give a free concert... Read more
Posted on 09 July 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE -
Fairies in Our Nets
A male Calliope Hummingbird. Today we caught fairies in our nets– Calliope and Broad-tailed Hummingbirds. The male Calliopes have beautiful throats, an... Read more
Posted on 30 June 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE -
“Life is Already Too Short to Waste on Speed.”
“Walking takes longer… than any other known form of locomotion except crawling. Thus it stretches time and prolongs life. Life is already too short to waste o... Read more
Posted on 26 June 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE -
What is a Mist Net?
A Wilson’s Snipe with the Teton Range in the background. Snipe use those long bills to probe in the mud for food, like insects and other invertebrates (little... Read more
Posted on 22 June 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE -
Happy Father’s Day!
“To her, the name of father was another name for love.” Fanny Fern, Fresh Leaves —– Happy Father’s Day to my wonderful Dad, and to my Grandpa and Grandad.... Read more
Posted on 16 June 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE -
A Day In the Life of an Endangered Species Intern
I wrote this for my MatadorU travel writing course, and thought it would be fun to share here. It’s about some of the field work I was doing while I was in Sout... Read more
Posted on 06 June 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE -
Lessons From Wyoming
Or, Four Things I Learned Today 1. How to nest search. In a nutshell: walk through the wild, look for bird nests. Record on nest card. Simple. (More on this... Read more
Posted on 04 June 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE