I thought it would be fun to share some photos I have taken from the job! I am field biologist, and as my job title entails, I work in the field! One of my jobs is monitoring endangered birds. I also work with small mammals, reptiles and amphibians, and other species. These are just a random selection of photos. I have many many more!
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Warning - I am including some reptile photos as well. If you don't like reptiles, just skip over those, I'll post them last so you can see the others!
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Birds:
Cooper's hawk

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Burrowing Owl

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Endangered Least Bell's Vireo chicks

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Endangered California Least Tern and newly hatched chick

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Mammals:
Endangered Stephen's Kangaroo Rat

Dulzera's Kangaroo Rat (CA State Sensitive Species)

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Deer Mouse

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Raccoon

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Reptiles/Amphibians:
San Diego Coastal Horned Lizard (CA State Sensitive Species)

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Side-Blotched Lizard

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Orange-Throated Whiptail (CA State Sensitive Species)

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Pacific Tree Frog (CA State Sensitive Specise)

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San Bernardino Ring-Necked Snake (CA State Sensitive Species)

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Red Diamond Rattlesnake (CA State Sensitive Species)

Great pictures!
I especially like the rodent and reptile ones!

ohhh nice variety!

Awesome pictures! You have a very cool job! I especially love the rodent pictures I would love to see more!

Whoa the spikey guy is so cool! Do you work for the state, or for a company?

I work for a non-profit organization. We work in cooperation with the state, but not actually for the state.

What kind of work does your organization do? Environmental impact statements?

I'm also curious, is that a picture of the Interior Least Tern? It's a great picture.

Bob

Great pictures!!!

I have always liked borrowing owls and kangaroo rats. But my favorites are obviously the snakes and lizards as well as the chubby like frog

My organization does a lot of work, it depends on which division you look at. A big part of our work is removal of invasive plant species, particularly Arundo donax but also tamarisk, castorbean, and others. We also monitor endangered species, whcih is then reported to the appropriate agencies. this monitoring helps track the progress of endangered species. If the species becomes more plentiful, we'll know the work done to help them is successful, and eventually they can be de-listed. But if the species continues to decline we know more research and effort needs to be put into helping them. Other parts of the agency monitor water quality and watershed health, which in turn helps people by allowing us to know when there's a health/environmental concern that needs to be addressed.

The tern is a California Least Tern. Same species but different subspecies.

Awesome pictures! Thanks for sharing.

Cooooool!!! Im so jealous- you have an awesome job! Those little rats and mice ARE TINY!! Actually most of them there ar tiny in those hands Wonderful

Awww i love kangaroo rate I'm so jealous of your job, how did you get into it?
I also love the burrowing owls, their cool little creatures hehe.

Awsome photos. What state do you work in? My husband & I have been relocating wild prairie dogs from construction sites, places where they are being shot, posioned, etc. We are located in Amarillo, TX. If you work in TX. I would like to visit with you about adding you to my list of contacts, if you don't mind. My name is Deana & you can e-mail me @ [email protected].