Author: marcuscengland
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You Win Some, You Lose Some: Big Year Species 251
It’s been a few weeks since I’ve added a new species to the Big Year count. I think it’s getting to that point where I actually have to make a concerted effort to find new ones, primarily by chasing after species reported by others. While I’ve been birding for over 30 years all over the…
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Birding (and Botanizing) on the Run: The Mt. Wilson Toll Road
A year or more may elapse before it is finally settled, but there is little doubt that a great astronomical observatory will shortly grace Mt. Wilson and make Pasadena a central point of interest to the scientific world! – Pasadena Star, April 8, 1892 Today, I ran the Mt. Wilson Toll Road. In fact, I…
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Big Year Update – 250 Species
My Los Angeles County Big Year is rolling along, if ever so slowly. I’ve picked up four new species in the last week.
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Big Year Update – 246 Species
After completing a survey fairly early this morning, I went a little ways up the coast to Palos Verdes. At Pt. Vicente, there was a large flock of shearwaters and other seabirds quite a ways off the coast. The handful that came in close enough to ID were Black-vented and Sooty Shearwaters, both new species for…
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Big Year Update – 242 Species
After birding the Antelope Valley this morning, my year list for Los Angeles County now stands at 242 species. April 4, Coastal Los Angeles County BBI has a project site on the coast that I am surveying for birds for a full day, twice per month. While the site is heavily disturbed, it is surrounded…
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On Species 196
(NOTE: This was an introductory post I wrote for bloombiological.com) Allow me to introduce myself: I am Marcus C. England, Vice President of Bloom Biological, Inc., a Senior Biologist, a birder, an ultrarunner, a husband, a stepfather, and a dog owner. It is important to note that the order in the list does not connote…
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Los Angeles County 2015 Big Year
At the beginning of 2015, I started what I am calling a “Pseudo Big Year”. A Big Year, in birding parlance, is when a birder spends a year of focused effort trying to observe as many bird species as possible in a defined area. In my case, this defined area is Los Angeles County, California.…