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Christmas Bird Count Results
The results are tallied! Download the Christmas Bird Count CBC results Noticeable short-term (last 3 years) population increases include Ring-necked Duck (29 to 82 birds), Northern Flicker (35 to 86), and American Robin having a big year (16 to 188). Conversely,...
read more127 days with 100 °F or more were recorded in the Borrego valley this year
127 days with 100 °F or more were recorded in the Borrego valley this year , logged by our weather station, part of the UCNRS Climate Monitoring Network, located at the Colorado Desert District Office park headquarters. Data from prior years can be found here:...
read more2018 Sheep count results
Sheep Count in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. Thanks to all who...
read moreAnza-Borrego Desert State Park mule deer family in Sentenac Cienega.
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park mule deer doe and fawn drinking water from a spring in Sentenac Cienega.
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USD summer fieldwork conducting aquatic invertebrate surveys
Kate Boersma, Assistant professor at the University of San Diego has taken her students to the reserve and state park to conduct aquatic invertebrate surveys. Photos and a few captions from Kate's Twitter account reproduced below. ...
read moreA visit by a thirsty Bobcat last week at the reserve’s water feature.
Yearly transect work on the reserve
Annual Transect plant counts and soil samples on the reserve by UCI faculty, staff, and grad student last week. 2 transects on the ground, one on a south slope, and one a north slope. With the lack of rain, plant counting went a lot faster than last year (Photos:...
read moreMaking a vegetation map of the Sentenac Cienega site
UCI's Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology faculty and students went out defining the existing plant associations to make a vegetation map of the Sentenac Cienega site in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. The map will be used to develop a restoration plan for...
read moreBobcat (Lynx rufus) visited the reserve this morning
A beautiful Bobcat (Lynx rufus) visited the reserve this morning...and made use of our facilities to go to the bathroom. You can clearly see its stubby bobbed tail. https://youtu.be/AFQQwlYbOyw Media mention:...
read moreLong-time ABDSP volunteer Clark Shimeall memorial service
A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, February 24th at the Research Center for long-time ABDSP volunteer Clark Shimeall. Below is his obituary from The Courier newspaper of Findlay, Ohio. Clark M. Shimeall Posted On Sat. Feb 3rd, 2018 By : The Courier...
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