By Miles There are only three species in the Genus Phalaropus in the whole world. They are all cute little “sandpipers” with distinct behavior and breeding habits. One of the most interesting facts of the Phalaropus or Phalaropes is that they are polyandrous and have reversed sexual dimorphism, where females have a lot more fancy […]
All Three Phalaropes Collcted ! ! ! Read More »
By Miles The week before last week, we followed a PAS (Pasadena Audubon Society) field trip to the Santa Barbara Channel and the Channel Islands NP – Santa Cruz Island. We started our trip at Ventura with Alex Coffey and Grigory Heaton aboard Island Explorer, operated by Island Packers, went birding in a
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By Miles Bear Divide Birding – D9: This is probably our last day at Bear Divide this season. The migrant numbers are greatly declining, and nearly no one was there. Even the banding station stopped banding last week. We were also not coming for the migration today, we were here for the Black-chinned Sparrows!
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By Miles Bear Divide Birding – D8: We started our day with a weekly Bear Divide birding and some backyard birding before heading out. It’s our eighth day at Bear Divide this year, although we probably missed the peak, because it is a school day, the species variety and total bird counts were
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By Miles * THIS IS A LATE POST FOR APRIL 19th AND 20th (D4 AND 5)，IT IS ALREADY D6 AND 7 NOW It’s our fourth and fifth day at Bear Divide this year, the species variety and total bird counts are both getting higher, but the greatest forces of Warblers are still not coming. Bear
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By Miles It’s our third Bear Divide day of the year, and we’re already seeing a sharp rise in both species variety and total bird counts. Bear Divide is a flat area in a valley within the Angeles National Forest, with a huge number of birds migrating through. For more information about Bear
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By Miles This spring break, my family and I went on a fantastic birding and sightseeing trip to California’s Central Valley and the south-central coastal area. * The articles about this trip will be divided into three separate blog posts: D1 – the Forest of Giants, D2 – Condor of the Pinnacles D3 – Exploring Monterey D4
Spring Break Trip: D4 – Big Sur Forest, D5 – Seaside SLO, D6 – Vanguard of the Sea Read More »
By Miles This spring break, my family and I went on a fantastic birding and sightseeing trip to California’s Central Valley and the south-central coastal area. * The articles about this trip will be divided into three separate blog posts: D1 – the Forest of Giants, D2 – Condor of the Pinnacles D3 –
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By Miles This spring break, my family and I went on a fantastic birding and sightseeing trip to California’s Central Valley and the south-central coastal area. * The articles about this trip will be divided into three separate blog posts: D1 – the Forest of Giants, D2 – Condor of the Pinnacles D3 –
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By Miles One day in the fall of 2022, my dad and I saw an interesting piece of news about the Blackburnian Warbler. The article mentioned that a rare Blackburnian Warbler, which had been amusingly translated into Chinese, was discovered on an island in England. Birders were renting boats and waiting overnight just
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