Presented some Bear Divide migration count data from our first four years of standardized counts at #AOS24 ! Can’t wait for the Spring 2025 season @BDMCount !!!
A perfect day today! Clear skies and good weather with 80 people visiting and 2,000 birds moving through the divide! Spring migration is turning up w/ Lazuli Buntings, Western Kingbirds, Rufous Hummingbirds, 9 warbler species, and sprinkles of grosbeaks, tanagers, and more!
And just like that, we’re back for the 2024 season! Decent movements of American Robins, Lawrence’s Goldfinches, and Yellow-rumped Warblers today! Follow along: https://t.co/duS4dg2lgo
We join @SenAlexPadilla and @RepJudyChu in calling on @POTUS to add 109,000 acres of public lands, which includes Bear Divide, to the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument 🌄
Sign the petition:
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Gave a talk at the Western Bird Banding Association annual conference yesterday! It’s been a fun weekend having the meeting in our own backyard (just down the canyon from Bear Divide) 🌞
A day in the life of counting migratory birds at Bear Divide 🌞🌄 this is my 4th season counting here & it’s been one for the books! Follow along @BDMCount / Epic video by @thebirdsguy