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  • Raptors in Flight

    Raptors in Flight

    In response to a question about hawk identification on nextdoor.com (a neighborhood-based social media site), I posted a long discussion about the status of various raptors in our neighborhood. Someone posted a follow-up question about how to tell hawks from falcons in flight. I thought the easiest way to do that would be to post […]

    marcuscengland

    June 24, 2017
    Biology, Birding, Elyria Canyon Park
    Birding, Birds, falcons, flight, hawks, nature, raptors, wildlife
  • My Big Day

    My Big Day

    [Featured image: An Ash-throated Flycatcher was species 75 for the day.] It was just two weeks ago that I ran 26 miles in 90-something degree heat in the hills around Bouquet Reservoir in the Angeles National Forest. While that may sound laudable (or crazy), it was because I was running the Leona Divide 50Ā trail race, […]

    marcuscengland

    May 6, 2017
    Birding, Running
    big day, Birding, Birds, featured, los angeles
  • Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology

    Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology

    Originally posted on #ArtistAthlete:
    I can’t get these artist athletes stories posted fast enough. This artist athlete is super busy with her own graphic design biz (me in case you’re already confused). On the running campus, especially the ultra running campus, we meet people along the way and become facebook friends. Show up for the…

    marcuscengland

    April 20, 2017
    Art, Running
  • Running Charlton Flats to Three Points

    Running Charlton Flats to Three Points

    My first run of greater than twenty miles in length since the HURT 100 hurt way more than I’d like it to. The plan was to run the Angeles Crest 100 route from Charlton Flats to Three Points and back. Things didn’t entirely go as planned. Despite the ultimate treachery of this run, I was […]

    marcuscengland

    March 19, 2017
    Running, San Gabriel Trails Project
    Angeles National Forest, featured, nature, Running, san gabriel mountains, trail running, ultrarunning
  • The Cross Town Loop

    The Cross Town Loop

    This 13 mile loop route with 2,854 feet of gain barely qualified for the San Gabriel Trails Project. It does, however, include several miles of trail that are, indeed, within the San Gabriel Mountains. Those several miles of the Cross Town Trail in La CaƱada’s trail system are what this loop is named after. The […]

    marcuscengland

    March 2, 2017
    Running, San Gabriel Trails Project
    bad planning, cherry canyon, getting lost, NASA JPL, san gabriel mountains, trail running, ultrarunning
  • Hawaii: History, Honeycreepers, and the HURT 100 – Part 2

    Hawaii: History, Honeycreepers, and the HURT 100 – Part 2

    For part 1 of this trip and race report, see here. Two days before the race, we took a trip to Pearl Harbor to visit the USS Arizona Memorial. While Google Maps did a good job of getting us temporarily lost on Honolulu’s confusing roads, we still arrived early and only had to wait a […]

    marcuscengland

    January 30, 2017
    Birding, Running
    Birding, featured, Hawaii, HURT 100, nature, Oahu, Running, sea turtles, trail running, ultrarunning, whales, wildlife
  • Hawaii: History, Honeycreepers, and the HURT 100 – Part 1

    Hawaii: History, Honeycreepers, and the HURT 100 – Part 1

    We look out over the vast Pacific that forms our temporary backyard and watch the sun set as large waves break on the volcanic rock in front of us and Brown Boobies fly northward just offshore. This is our first of ten nights on the island of Oahu. It’s my first time in the state […]

    marcuscengland

    January 23, 2017
    Birding, Running
    Birding, featured, Hawaii, HURT 100, nature, Oahu, Running, sea turtles, trail running, ultrarunning, whales, wildlife
  • The Year That Was, The Year That Will Be

    The Year That Was, The Year That Will Be

    Two days short of one year ago, I wrote a post about my goals for 2016. As often happens, life takes unexpected twists and turns, sometimes rendering goals difficult if not impossible to reach within the time period you planned for. For example, there was no way I could know that I would be out […]

    marcuscengland

    December 27, 2016
    Art, Biology, Birding, Running
  • Land Use Changes in the Antelope Valley

    Land Use Changes in the Antelope Valley

    [Featured image: A Northern Harrier flies over a solar farm outside of Bakersfield, California in May 2016] Google Earth’s time feature allows you to easily take a look at how land use changes over time. I produced this video, without commentary, showing land use changes in the western Antelope Valley from 1985 – 2016.

    marcuscengland

    December 8, 2016
    Video
    agriculture, ecology, featured, green energy, land use, nature, solar energy, wildlife
  • A Rare Asian Visitor

    A Rare Asian Visitor

    [Featured image: A Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, photographed by the author in the Los Angeles River just south of the Willow Street bridge on November 14, 2016. Behind it and to the left is a Black-necked Stilt. In the front are American Coots.] I got my first new life bird in quite awhile today: a Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, […]

    marcuscengland

    November 14, 2016
    Birding
    Birding, Birds, featured, migration, rare birds, vagrant birds
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