Big Sky, Big Country

We helped the kids today - Pretty comical, its nice to get them fishing at 8 years old. All at once there were two kids crying, This one girl had gotten the hook snagged on the back of her arm. Right when I went to go help her, Jeff tells me to go help the Johnson kid. I thought they just had their lines tangled but then I see he is crying, sure enough he has the hook in his hand. It was rich.
We drove around today pretty close to Canada. Saw a lot of birds I have never seen before, and prairie dogs!Tomorrow Josey and I wake at 4:30 to bird point counts, then we leave after lunch for Haver, which is like 3.5hrs away we are camping out and doing point counts in the morning. Haver has a walmart - going to get me a coffee pot and a pillow.

SO I've arrived

After some painful plain rides (there were only 4 people on this plane including pilot and stewardess), I am here in Montana. Its great weather, and the people are sweethearts. Tomorrow I'm helping 72 1st graders fish, so that will be interesting not really part of the job description but I'm happy to get the experience. I've had two BBQ's with the Biologist here. Turns out (very lucky) that just Josey and I will be staying in the trailer, so I've got the bunks to my self. A lot of our work will be outside of Glasgow, so I'm pretty fortunate to be able to see a lot of the state (good chance for good photos).
There are a lot of pretty sunsets, and you can see for miles on the prairie. I saw a pronghorn, loon, white pelican, black billed magpie, cotton tail, western meadowlark. I'll post more later.

Pre arrival update

I found out I will have a bike to use, this is a plus.
I also know now where the RV will be parked. Here is the link http://visitmt.com/categories/moreinfo.asp?IDRRecordID=1935&siteid=1

The Plans so far

I am to arrive May 25th, 25 days from now. On my way there I will start out in Austin, TX. A list of items to bring

1. Sleeping bag
2. Binoculars
3. Wide Brim hat
4. Pen and Paper
5. GPS
6. Bird Guide
7. Pictures of my love
8. Camera
9. Boots
10. Head Lamp