CUT's third title

Being in Boulder this weekend to see CUT win another national championship could not have mean more to me. I am so proud of the team and especially my brother. And as Ben Hahn just put it: "damn if CUT isn't the greatest college ultimate program in the history of the sport."

National Champions, CUT 2011

Boulder Bound

CUT's doing well so far, I'll makes there for the first game tomorrow...

In TG's Office

Species at Pinnacles

63:
Oak Titmouse
Western Scrubjay
Northern Flicker
Common Raven
Bushtit
Yellow-billed Magpie
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Yellow Warbler
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Mourning Dove
Bewick's Wren
Brewer's Blackbird
Western Bluebird
Turkey Vulture
Wrentit
Warbling Vireo
Spotted Towhee
Black-headed Grosbeak
Acorn Woodpecker
Red-shouldered Hawk
Orange-crowned Warbler
House Wren
California Towhee
Hutton's Vireo
Red-tailed Hawk
California Condor
White-throated Swift
Cooper's Hawk
Tree Swallow
Oregon Junco
Steller's Jay
House Finch
California Quail
California Thrasher
Song Sparrow
Anna's Hummingbird
Western Wood-Peewee
Violet-green Swallow
Wilson's Warbler
European Starling
Western Kingbird
Western Tanager
Lesser Goldfinch
American Kestrel
Black Phoebe
White-tailed Kite
Prairie Falcon
Nuttall's Woodpecker
Picoides Woodpecker
Purple Finch
American Robin
American Crow
Bullock's Oriole
Sage Sparrow
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Western Screech Owl
Rufous-crowned sparrow
Lazuli Bunting
Canyon Wren
Rock Wren
Pygmy Owl
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Unidentified Pigeon

Species of Nests Found:
Bullock's Oriole
Black Phoebe
Black-headed Grosbeak
Western Scrubjay
Nuttall's Woodpecker
Brewer's Blackbird
Ash-throated Flycatcher
American Robin
Rock Wren
House Wren (x2)
European Starling
Acorn Woodpecker

23, but slow

We had about 23 birds today at Redwood Creek, but it felt pretty slow. We did catch a couple of very cute chickadee fledglings, and found a hummingbird nest.

Pinnacles

Sunday and Monday the Palomarin field station was shut down, as all of the staff and interns headed to Pinnacles National Monument for a couple days of hiking and camping. I had a really great time. Pinnacles was beautiful, the change of habitat was great, which brought on many new birds to see, and it was nice to spend time outside of the field station with much of the staff, who we don't often get time to interact.

There was A LOT of this:




And this (checking out bugs and flowers):






Some lizard catching (some kind of whiptail):




And views








It was not hot as we had hoped and kind of expected, so this reservoir at the end of of the hike was not the treat it could have been

Chickadee banding from Todd

A few more photos from the chickadee banding a while ago, all from Todd, thanks Todd!

Checking the box