Again on the brink of an ocean crossing, with the northwest alredy calling me home, I feel I have one last chance to reflect on the past year before I let myself flow ahead in the new currents. In particular a recent event made me realize, it’s time to talk about something I’ve had on…
Author: Altea
A traveling sun
Pastine airport’s waiting hall is still quiet this time in the morning, the sun shining gently on his lazy low angle onto the runways and inside the glass doors. The sun! Rome has been generous with it, not sparing any; sun’s been everywhere, a warm embracing sun that made these first months of the year feel…
World migratory bird day… and fantastic ADVENTurous news!!!
October is a busy time of year, especially for migratory birds…and this heron is no exception! Celebrating World Migratory Bird Day today, I find myself wondering how birds feel, finally reaching their winter grounds after their long fall journeys. So much has happened for me in the past months, that it feels like a good…
Field notes from Denmark
Life in between covid tides is full of unexpected…and here I am on the Danish coast, joining a crew of researchers and interns studying new gillnets prototypes to reduce harbor porpoise bycatch! Harbor porpoises are an endemic species along the coasts of Europe, and the east Baltic Sea population of these animals is under threat;…