Bear Divide Migration Count

We count migratory birds at Bear Divide in Los Angeles county.

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Listen to Bear Divide researchers on @NPR All Things Considered! 🐤🐦🐧
https://t.co/sq04xQoksT

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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 !!!

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Our Bear Divide migration research also featured on @LAist @KPCC 🐤❤️‍🔥 https://t.co/NIHFFKzOJt

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Check out our Bear Divide bird migration research on NPR! 🐤 https://t.co/10Df9L7R2B

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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!

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We love a Lewis’ Woodpecker moment over the divide. Species diversity is picking up over the last week! Follow along: https://t.co/duS4dg2lgo

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Feathers on the Flyway: Unraveling Avian Mysteries at Bear Divide with the Moore Lab https://t.co/wdWZ5aeYlE

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Today’s treat: 70+ Swainson’s Hawks cruising by!

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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

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While most birds are flying through Bear Divide along their migratory journeys, others stop and breed at the site…like Black-chinned Sparrows! 🩶

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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:
https://t.co/qBDq8uMyZG

[Kelsey🐞Reckling @kelseyreck]

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) 🌞

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Over 1,000 Vaux’s Swifts this morning!!!

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Next year we’re bringing in a true professional

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@Thatofarose @MarkyMutchler Yes!

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It has been a cloudy, cold, and rainy week at Bear Divide…so how about some recent photos to brighten up the morning!

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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

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The Mayor of Bear Divide has returned!!! @enicurus

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We 💘 Western Tanagers!!!
200+ flying through the divide this morning