I live in Calgary, Canada 🇨🇦

I was a wildlife technician in the early 2000's. Went around the world catching birds, fish, etc. for research projects, conservation sampling, and so on. It was a fun job, but with low pay 🚫💰😬

Field biology is my passion, but I kind of paused it for 20 years, because it seemed to be conflicting with other goals. Now I'm embracing it again! 🥰

I focus on PEOPLE. Pushing happiness through:

PHYSICAL HEALTH (Low-carb diet) 🐮

MENTAL HEALTH (Hosting weekly connection events. See links below!) 🤗

URBANISM (The built environment)🚶🚴 🚇

Field biology can promote physical health, if you had to exercise in order to get your observation 💪😎

Field biology also promotes mental health. For example, field biology hits all 10 "keys to happier living" from Action for Happiness.

And field biology is part of urbanism, through its connection to urban biodiversity. Most iNaturalist observations are in cities, because that's where the people are!

iNat's "About" page states that at its core, iNaturalist is a SOCIAL NETWORK. I love people! Let's meet up! ❤️