Dry Tortugas NP, Day 5: The Impacts

[cswallow]

We leave at first light on Friday. I find that in these days I have come to live entirely in the present. As the terns focus singularly on their tasks of protecting themselves, their eggs, feeding, I have also fallen into a state of immediacy. There is no planning here, and no schedule. We catch and band birds until Sonny says stop. The work is not

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beautiful!

[anonymous]

And you have become the fulcrum for it all, Jennifer. I'm proud of you--sounds like a wonderful trip, and you're really finding your place in the mix.