Finn Killeen
Field Notes · Lincoln, Nebraska

Hi, I’m Finn.This is whereI keep my stuff.

I’m a computer science and business student at UNL’s Raikes School. Most of my free time goes to birding, backpacking, paddling and filming all of it. Here you’ll find the trips, the videos, the things I’ve built, and what I’m planning next.

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A granite spire above an alpine meadow in the Cirque of the Towers
Cirque of the Towers, WY
An Atlantic Puffin with wings spread on a cliff edge
Lifer: Atlantic Puffin
A Western Tanager perched among pine cones
Next upBrazil Study AbroadMay 10–21, 2027
bird species on the life list
128
highest summit — Mt. Elbert
14,440ft
countries & territories
8
hackathon win (RaikesHacks ’26)
1
No. 01 · The logbook

Trips

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Hikers on a trail through an alpine meadow toward a turquoise lake beneath jagged granite peaksLate July 2026

Wind River Range, Wyoming

Cirque of the Towers

Granite spires, an alpine lake, and a trail that drops straight into one of the most famous amphitheaters in the Rockies.

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A grizzly bear walking across seaweed-covered rocks at low tideJuly 2–10, 2026

British Columbia, Canada

Vancouver Island

A family trip up the BC coast with grizzlies on the tide flats, seabirds offshore, and twenty new birds on the life list.

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Finn grinning behind a cardboard sign reading "Mt. Elbert 14,440 ft" on the rocky summitJune 29, 2026

Sawatch Range, Colorado

Mt. Elbert

Headlamps on before sunrise, a ptarmigan halfway up, and a cardboard sign on the highest point in Colorado.

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The sun setting over a calm lake ringed by dark forested hillsSummer 2026

Eagle-Dogtooth Provincial Park, Ontario

Canadian Canoe Trip

Days on the water, portages between lakes, and sunsets that set the whole lake on fire.

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No. 02 · Finn’s Vlogs

Films

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Now showingCirque of the Towers — 2026

No. 03 · The atlas

Everywhere

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Pins on the map65 places8 countries & territoriesExplore
No. 04 · The workbench

Things I’ve made

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Life List Poster preview
Tool · Birdinglive

Life List Poster

Drop in your eBird export and get a printable, field-guide style poster of your whole life list: every species cut out and pinned to one page. Runs free in your browser.

PythonrembgTypeScriptiNaturalist API
Sept 2026Open
Simulation · Neurosciencein progress

Fly Neural Decision Simulator

A multi-agent simulation driven by real fly connectome data. Agents make decisions and compete with no trained models, just biology.

PythonConnectomicsMulti-agent
Sept 2026 – now
Kineticode preview
Hackathon winner · Dev toolsshipped

Kineticode

A VS Code extension that maps physical gestures to developer commands. Won RaikesHacks 2026.

VS Code extensionGesture inputHackathon
Feb 2026
No. 05 · Base camp

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