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2017 Big Year

Species Count Milestone

July 17, 2017 by matt goff

Today I managed to surpass the total taxa count of my 1000 species attempt in 2012 (at least as measured by iNaturalist). As of today, I have 882 unique taxa for the year, with 792 identified to species. In 2012, I had 881 and 789. Of course all of these numbers are subject to change … Read more

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Start of the Second Half

July 2, 2017July 1, 2017 by matt goff

As yesterday marked the end of the first half of the Sitka Big Year project, and the weather was not super inspiring (low clouds, wet, and with a bit of a breeze), I decided it would be a good day to work on catching up on my organization and reflecting on the progress so far. … Read more

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Sitka Big Year, One Month In

February 4, 2017February 1, 2017 by matt goff

With one month down in the Sitka Big Year Project, I find my personal list well ahead of my 2012 pace. That year I had only 60 species, with all but four of them birds. In 2012, I was not photographing everything I counted, nor did I observe (for the list) winter plants. So it’s … Read more

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Airport Observations

January 5, 2017January 3, 2017 by matt goff

Today gave me reason to consider the baseline level of effort I want to give to the big year project. With work calls and other work tasks to take care of, I didn’t have as much time outside, and with winter’s short days, that did not leave a lot of daylight for observations. I considered … Read more

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New Year’s Day CBC

January 5, 2017January 1, 2017 by matt goff

2017 got off to a clear start here in Sitka. I got up relatively early to go count birds for the annual Christmas Bird Count. This year I was participated by counting birds on the water (via boat with Kitty L.) and one of the residential islands near town.  Although it was an excellent day … Read more

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A New Year and a New Big Year Project

December 31, 2016December 31, 2016 by matt goff

About an hour before the close of 2016, I finally finished up posting observations from 2012 to iNaturalist. Over the past few months I’ve imported observations of all the unique species I recorded in my phone, plus all the photos I took during that year’s 1000 species project. As I write this, my iNaturalist species … Read more

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  • 2006: Recent Observations
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  • 2009: Frosty Days
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  • 2014: More Mountain Bluebird
  • 2016: Sitka Nature Show #120 - Ryan Carpenter
  • 2016: Ski Tracks in the Snow

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