Marine mammal biologist, but I started my career studying seabirds. My interests include wildlife tracking, birding, insect identification, fishing, locating obscure desert springs, and backpacking. I have earned five Track & Sign Certifications through cybertracker.org

Level 4 Track & Sign Certification, Ventura / Cuyama CA (2019).
Level 3 Desert Specialist, Cuyama, CA (2022)
Level 3 Desert Specialist, San Diego, CA (2019, 2020).
Level 3 Track & Sign Certification, Ventura, CA (2018).

I have a website called http://coyotelearning.org where I write about Track & Sign related pursuits.

If you want to learn more about the natural world, I encourage you to get into tracking and accelerate your learning process with a local tracking group and eventually a quantitative evaluation with http://trackercertification.com/. The diversity of life is both amazing and alarmingly vulnerable to our human footprint on the planet. Enjoy nature while it is still here.

If you are looking for a cheap and sustainable alternative to dish sponges, read my journal post on Marah macrocarpa seed pods: https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/jim_carretta/21696-marah-macrocarpa-seed-pods