#ForbesBiologicalStation Director
#Wetland #Bird and #Waterfowl #Ecologist at Illinois Natural History Survey
#Ornithology #WetlandScience #DecisionScience #StructuredDecisionMaking
1st VP for @WilsonOrnithSoc
Past Chair Gulf of Mexico Avian Monitoring Network #GoMAMN
Lead PI for #NOAAFirebird
PhD Project = #MORails
She/Her
Opinions are mine
#Gardening #VegetableGardening #ScienceFiction #Dogs #Hiking #Woodworking #Crochet #Cooking #HomeCanning
| My Website | https://aurielfournier.github.io/about/ |
| Forbes Biological Station | https://forbes-bio-station.inhs.illinois.edu/ |
| NOAA Firebird | noaafirebird.home.blog/ |
When I was a kid, I attended a county park district program, and met Tom Kashmer, a retired teacher who banded birds. He showed me how cool birds were, later I learned he lived near me and he started to pick me up to go band birds with him.
I spent many mornings (as a lucky home schooled kid with flexible school hours) driving around banding birds, learning about wetlands and the world.
Tom changed my life, and introduced me to rails, the birds I still study today
he died Monday
The asparagus I planted last year is starting to poke its head up.
Super excited for gardening season to be returning
Scaup banding is happening!
We mostly catch Lesser Scaup here along the Illinois River but today we caught a Great Scaup!
Happy Book Release day to the amazing @r_heisman
It was a real treat to get to host you and show you the wonders of rail catching and motus tagging!