I'm not a workaholic. That isn't to say I don't work my ass off. But, I need my free time as well. It is very important to my mental health to have free time for creative pursuits. I definitely took the biology job and got through my first shift today. It was hard hard work under a super hot sun, but it was really gratifying. Got to band a couple of baby Snowy Plovers and a couple of Least Terns. Also set up a fence around a Least Tern and American Oyster Catcher nesting area. Took many notes on potential predators via tracks and visual evidence - mostly grey fox, coyote, opossum, laughing gulls, and ghost crabs. There were some nests that are set to hatch either tonight or tomorrow, so we should be able to band some new chicks tomorrow.
As a side note, I am sun burned as fuck.