Greetings. Work is progressing amicably. Happy to report that I have nary stepped foot into my (as yet unpacked) little bungalow, so consumed have I been in the field, observing and trying to make sense of this (forgive me for saying) pernicious, berserking subgenus.

You will be pleased to know that I have identified a small hipster herd of rather stunning diversity. The full report will follow in my next dispatch.

However, the occasion for this communication is as follows: As the committee is well aware, our noble profession can be a lonely walk through the world, forced, as we are, into guarded anonymity, ever wary of being exposed as researchers and contaminating the hard-won confidence of our subjects. How easy it is to forget our myriad successes and curse fate for not leading us into another, perhaps more popular, zoological pursuit. (Army Ants, Leatherback Turtles, Dragonflies).

So it was last evening that I was hard at work, poring over my notes when a message arrived in my electronic mailing system, like a beacon on a dark shore! It seems a group of like-minded researchers have taken to producing animated pictures portraying common scenes our beloved hipsters in their natural environs. My spirit was much buoyed by this message of good-fellowship!

I have included the video-message below, for the committee's enjoyment.



Predators of the Sprawl, Episode Three: Quarterwatersaurus