A daily blog to keep my friends and family up-to-speed with my 3-month sabbatical at the Finnish Forest Research Institute (METLA) in Suonenjoki, Finland. For my birding friends, I'll post the "new" birds seen each day.

Thursday, July 2, 2009

Thursday, 2 Jul

Today was spent trying to get ready for tomorrow. After lunch tomorrow, we are heading for a weekend in Lappeenranta. The first half of next week we'll be in Juensuu visiting another METLA station, and then on to Helsinki before heading back to Idaho. So I tried to take care of as much busy work as possible today, but I have a bunch more to squeeze in tomorrow. Deb and I backed up the last of her research tools to ship back to the states (rather than lug them through eastern Finland). That also means we are cleaning out the refrigerator, which should make for an interesting dinner. I'm guessing that when I return to Suonenjoki later this summer, I'll be back in the guest apartments... so no more enjoying the rustic cabin. I'll have to take a good-bye sauna tonight.

Bird news is pretty slow.... but the woodpeckers have fledged, as have the Nightingales that I think had a nest under the eaves of the cabin.

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I'm a research plant physiologist with the USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Grassland, Shrubland, and Desert Ecosystem Program. I'm also the National Nursery Specialist for the Forest Service.