Welcome to Radical Naturalist. I'm Tony Croasdale an avid birder and horticulture student at Temple University, currently working with ducks in Alaska. I was asked to start this blog for my university's news. I will continue to post after my work in Alaska is done. I'm headed to Brazil for three months after Alaska, so there should be much fodder there. I will also do "retro-blogs" about my extensive overseas traveling with my punk band and for nature observing and field research. I only have a satellite connection here in Alaska so I'll be keeping these posts short for now, hopefully they will get longer and feature more photos when the work slows down and I have more free time at night.