As two postgrad students on summer vacation but with no travel plans (during this global pandemic of course), we took up an internship at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) last summer and ended up collaborating on a really cool project with Paula Moraga! Did we mention that we worked in Saudi Arabia, while living in Australia? All is well when we have the internet. We also ended up presenting our project at useR!

This post is the 1st post of a series showcasing various rOpenScipackages as if Maëlle were a birder trying to make the most of R ingeneral and rOpenSci in particular. Although the series use cases willmostly feature birds , it’ll be the occasion to highlight rOpenSci’spackages that are more widely applicable, so read on no matter what yourfield is! Moreoever, each post should stand on its own.