Gabrielle Saulsbery

I decided in October that I would see all 7 Natural Wonders of the World in my lifetime. I hiked the Grand Canyon in the fall, snorkeled the Great Barrier Reef 12 years ago, and *just* saw the Northern Lights. THE FREAKING NORTHERN LIGHTS!! 😯 what a dream. Four to go!

Without a doubt, our best trail camera capture yet: the first documented observation of a cougar with kittens in Minnesota in modern history. Turn up the volume to hear all the vocalizations. The footage, which was captured on March 25, shows a cougar with 3 large kittens while they feed on a deer they killed just south of Voyageurs National Park. We captured this surreal footage because we started a study to understand the survival and mortality patterns of deer in our area this winter. As part of that work, we GPS-collared several deer in the area in January.  In late March, we received a mortality signal from a GPS-collared deer and found the carcass buried under a pile of leaves on a hillside—a tell tale sign of feline predation.  We suspected it was likely a bobcat but thought, just possibly, it could be a cougar. So we put up two trail cameras on the cached deer carcass and 4 hours later, two cougar kittens returned to the kill. The entire family showed up that evening and spent hours in front of our cameras. In total, we captured 7.3 hr (435 minutes) of video footage of these animals. We will share more footage soon! Huge thanks to the Minnesota Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund for supporting the Voyageurs Wolf Project and the recent effort to understand deer survival in the area. Their support was critical to this observation—without it, we would never have captured this footage. And huge thanks to the >10,600 donors who have supported our project and enabled us to purchase trail cameras supplies. The cameras (and batteries, SD cards, mounts) we set at this kill were purchased with funds from donations.

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@devopoker @GSaulsbery Interesting perspective on borders

Wonderful article here by @GSaulsbery about the proposed border wall and impacts to Terlingua. Shout out Astro Mucho! mygrandcanyonpark.com/road-trips/roa…

Cute miscommunication 😻 Cat headbutt: Love Goat headbutt: Play

I dare anyone to wade in the Rio Grande in the Big Bend region and not fall in love.

If we’re Making America Healthy Again, government shouldn't be promoting glyphosate and providing liability immunity for corporations making it. Thank you to @RepCohen for cosponsoring the No Immunity for Glyphosate Act.

These are a few of my favorite things... republic.land/endangered-202…

Food I can't stop eating these days: egg salad. But I can't stomach egg salad sandwiches from gas stations. I need eggs from happy chickens. And cottage cheese to replace much of the mayo.

Terry Cycling Win a Wardrobe Contest woorise.com/terrybikes/ter…

A+ rainy day success: Moved nearly all the photos on my phone (8,000+) to an external drive and updated my phone for the first time in ages. Didn't have enough data to do so before. Huzzah!

@WillManidis My friends are sending me this tweet and all I can say is...nope. Not a normal experience for the serious hiker. But it's a fun thing to say to the folks you don't want joining you in the woods.

if you talk to any serious hiker they’re like yes demons are real, make sure you don’t walk along a stream for too long, sometimes a witch trails me for miles, avoid wearing bright colors, and pray being entering the forest. the ancient is still very much alive along the edges.

both legs, both arms, both feet

One of the truest paragraphs ever written

Stripe has a slack channel called #matts for people named Matt. Whenever a new Matt joins the company, all the old Matts welcome the new Matt

George Santayana, what a line

Who's in charge of the National Park Service (and Fish and Wildlife Service?) Glad you asked: sfgate.com/national-parks…