Spring is of course the best time to see so many of San Diego’s best annual herbs. Rare plant surveys are always one of my favorite tasks on the job because I am sure to learn a new species or visit an unexplored site! Prior to a survey, I prepare by researching the...
The ability to observe animals at leisure is not common in nature. Very few animals spend a large portion of their time in view of an interested observer. Nesting birds are a conspicuous counterpoint to this fact. By being able to see an animal at all times, its...
Well as luck would have it, I managed to convince Drew to let me tag along with him on more bat expeditions. On January 29th, we met at Mission Gorge Regional Park for a roost exit survey at an old quarry. The area was known in the past to function as a roost for...
Finally, after combing the neighborhood for several days, I at last got to see the elusive scissor-tailed flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) which had been reported near my neighborhood in Encinitas. It was a good thing too, because I was becoming well-known in the...
In the middle of what is generally a slow time, biological-survey-speaking, I got the opportunity to join the San Diego Natural History Museum’s (SDNHM’s) mammal group for a survey near Banning on December 16-17, 2013, as part of the Grinnell Resurvey Project...
