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California, Flux, Goals, Haiku, Unicorn

New Job!!

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Welcome to the BLM Bakersfield!
Welcome to the BLM Bakersfield Field Office!

New city, new job:
Bakersfield Biologist
Excited to start!

I am thrilled to share the news that I have accepted a full-time, permanent position as a Wildlife Biologist for the Bureau of Land Management Bakersfield Field Office in Bakersfield, California. This is a terrific opportunity, and I am excited to begin on May 18.

If I had any doubt (and I don’t), there was a giant sign that told me I was going in the right direction: the BLM Bakersfield office is literally on the corner of Pegasus and Unicorn!!!

The BLM Bakersfield office is literally on the corner of Pegasus and Unicorn!!!
Too good to be true – but it is!

Over the weekend, I went on an apartment search with my wonderful mom who flew out to help. She also served as the “Newest Resident of Bakersfield” photographer, enjoy:

The sign on the Wikipedia page – welcome to Bakersfield!
Bakersfield Trader Joes!
Bakersfield Trader Joe’s!

I think great adventure and learning lay ahead! Thank you to everyone who has helped me to get this far. I look forward to this being only another beginning!

California, Discovery, Haiku

Fritillaria gentneri

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F. recurva

Red and gold blossoms,
a curvy doppelgänger
of scarce gentneri.

How grateful I am that looking for flowers can honestly be counted as a day of “work”!

On Wednesday, April 1, my mentor and I traveled north in search of the only known population of endangered Fritillaria gentneri (Gentner’s fritillary) occurring on public lands in California. F. gentneri has a doppelgänger: F. recurva (scarlet fritillary), which is the species in the photographs with this post. F. recurva co-occurs with F. gentneri and is distinguished from the endangered species by its recurved flower petals. Both are strikingly beautiful.

Spring time in the mountains
Spring time in the mountains

Next week, the state and federal botanists will have their fun identifying the flowers that were preparing to bloom. I hope they find an abundance of F. gentneri.

We had the place to ourselves!
We had the place to ourselves!
Everyday Awesome, Hiking

Two Weeks Already!

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The last two weeks have gone by so fast I can hardly believe it! Here are some pictures and life snippets in captions. Warning: prepare yourself to be jealous of my “office” pictures.

First week on the job: pond cleanup! Working and playing hard ;)
First week on the job: pond cleanup! Working and playing hard 😉 Photo by Corey Bower

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