“As long as top predators exist, something is going right in the ecosystem.”
Fascinating look at the life of raptor biologist, Caitlin Davis, as she practices backcountry biology in the wilds of Idaho. Hadn’t ever occured to me that studying mountainous birds of prey would be so rugged….duh:
“Peering out her tall bedroom windows to the highway below, Caitlin Davis dreamed of life as an ecologist. When she saw mountains for the first time on a backpacking trip after college, her fate was sealed. Today, in Idaho’s demanding sagebrush country, the raptor biologist spends her days rappelling into golden eagle nests studying how human impact affects their reproduction and productivity.”
