Field Notes

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

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!

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

 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

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

 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

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 –

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 –

By Miles     Today is the first Bear Divide day of the year. Although there weren’t that many birds, we did see a Rufous Hummingbird (flying through super fast like a bullet, couldn’t get any photo) and Swainson’s Hawk that we hoped would be flying over.      Bear Divide is a flat area in