Road to Ithaca, New York and Birds!

Hello all! It has been a while since I updated. In fact, the last time I updated was in May before I moved to Ithaca, New York. Recall that I am starting a postdoc here funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation working with Freedom on the Move with the amazing, kind, generous, and brilliant Ed Baptist.

Now before I got to Ithaca I took quite a convoluted route: I had work stuff in Louisiana, but stopped off in Columbus, MS to spend some time with my good friend Dhanashree and her two cats. Dhanashree then graciously watched my two cats Gimley and Woodstock during my short time in Louisiana.

Big thanks to my mentors and friends who treated me while I was traveling. Moving and driving with high fuel prices is expensive!

I then drove from Louisiana, back to Columbus, then to Laurinburg, North Carolina, my hometown where both my parents live. You may recall that is where my Angelson’s memorial live oak is located.

Northern Mockingbird in my Angelson’s Memorial Live Oak in Laurinburg, N.C. in my parents yard. There is a nest. Look in the bottom right of the photo.

I was in Laurinburg for about ten days before I headed to D.C. Suburbs/Maryland area. I was there for 4 days resting and looking for birds. Sadly this coincided with the Canada wildfires so many days there I had to be inside because of the air quality issues.

Finally on June 11, I drove up to Ithaca from Maryland. I share sights and birds from the journey.

Also, I LOVE ITHACA~!