Έγινε μέλος στις: Απρ 17, 2021 Τελευταία δραστηριότητα στις: Ιουν 9, 2023 iNaturalist Μηνιαίος Υποστηρικτής από Απρίλιος 2022
I’m a full-time writer, editor and communications leader for a major research university in L.A. I've been telling stories about science, medicine and nature -- with a purpose -- for nearly 25 years now. As a Certified California Naturalist and an avid trail runner, hiker, cyclist and kayaker, I love observing the natural world in my spare time.
Professional bio: www.linkedin.com/in/aliciadiradodingsdale
Interests include birds, California endemic species, and ecosystems of the San Gabriel and Santa Monica mountains and the Sierra Nevadas.
Occasionally I dabble in marine environments, especially during the summer when it gets hot inland in Los Angeles!
BS in product design (engineering) and BA in history from Stanford.
While Spanish was my first language, I mostly function in English these days. Si quiere comunicarse conmigo, favor de escribirme en inglés o en español. ✉️
eBird user @adirado: https://ebird.org/profile/MjkzNzY1NA
Macro images shot with
Most bird images from 2023 onward shot with Canon EF 75-300mm f/4.0-5.6 III or Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 is STM lenses.
FAVORITE SITES & RESOURCES
Tidepools and Marine Environments
*** Tide charts (site)- https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/
*** CA tidepool locations (site) https://californiatidepools.com/
*** "A Field Guide to Coastal Fishes: From Alaska to California," Kells, Rocha, and Allen (book) https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/10801/field-guide-coastal-fishes
Birds
*** "Birding Guide to the Greater Pasadena Area" (book) - https://www.pasadenaaudubon.org/birding-guide
**"Sibley Birds West: Field Guide to Birds of Western North America," Sibley (book) https://www.sibleyguides.com/product/sibley-field-guide-birds-western-north-america-second-edition/
** Feather Atlas - a tool to ID flight feathers from North American birds (site) - https://www.fws.gov/lab/featheratlas
*** Rufous v Allen's hummingbirds - https://underclearskies.com/2020/07/25/green-backed-rufous-hummingbirds/
California Plants
CNPS California vegetation guide - https://vegetation.cnps.org/
CNPS Calscape - https://calscape.org/
Wildflower search - https://wildflowersearch.org/