I'm Kristin, and ten out of ten jazzed that you stopped by my personal project, Harboring Change. This is my effort to connect people to the ocean and to their own agency in conservation spaces.
100%, I'm over the moon about cetaceans and spend as much time as I can learning about and looking for whales. Pinnipeds are a close second. The walrus whistle is one of my all-time favorite sounds (after orca echolocating)! Trust me, in another life, I would have studied marine mammal bioacoustics.
Professionally, I've been an educator for museums and environmental non-profits, co-creating participatory programs with communities and supporting learning networks. Ocean-focused community science and interpretation are also my jam. I've led tidepool projects and contributed to community science efforts by the Bird Alliance of Oregon, Oregon State Parks, the Oregon Coastal Management Program, Oregon Shores, and the Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust.
I experience the world in a unique cognitive and sensory style. My life is shared with a wonderful human who's been obsessed with Magic: The Gathering since he was knee-high, and a floofy St. Bernard named Isla, after an island in Scotland. The movie I quote endlessly is Wayne's World, oh, and if I were a mythical creature, I'd probably be a Selkie. These days, I'm trying to level up my iNaturalist game (find me @kbayans), and dabbling in drawing and making ceramic marine animals over at @tinywhale_artworks.
Thanks for taking a little time with the blog.
Doing my duty as a community scientist at the acoustic station aboard the Hebridean Whale & Dolphin Trust research vessel, the Silurian, in Scotland, monitoring real-time hydrophone data for marine mammals and ships to help identify species and detect human disturbances.
