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BioBlitz 2007
Brian Bielfelt
BioBlitz Supervisor and Insects Team Leader
 Brian
Bielfelt was the Hawkwatcher at Greenwich Audubon's Quaker Ridge Hawkwatch
this past fall and is currently supervising Bedford Audubon's eagle survey and
will be supervising the BioBlitz.
Born and raised a Floridian, Brian boasts that he
has never been through a hurricane. He spent his early years in Orlando before
moving out of "that urban mess" to the quiet town of Eustis. At Eustis High
School, Brian was the president of the National Honors Society, the top runner
for the school's Cross team two years in a row, and had
several accomplishments in the Eustis Budding Artist Show.
Brian received his undergraduate degree in
Biology from Florida State University. Outside of school and birdwatching, Brian
was heavily involved with Christian Campus Fellowship. While there, he designed
and implemented his own ecology experiment, for which he received two
scholarships and the distinction of Honors in the Major. Brian also taught two
undergraduate biology classes, where the students simply called him Birdguy.
Brian
has been birdwatching since for as long as he can remember. He got his first
Peterson guide in third grade and binoculars by fourth. In college, Brian
upgraded his binoculars and found out about e-mail groups. This really got him
on the
road to serious birding. After college, Brian began to travel and has taken up
many bird-related jobs to learn the birds in all regions of the country. Unlike
birding trips which typically let you learn birds for a few days, Brian feels
that living in a region for a few months gave him more time to learn about the
birds there. Brian has lived in the Keys; eastern Oregon, SE Arizona; Corpus
Christi, Texas for the hawkwatch; western Louisiana; Wisconsin/Minnesota; Ohio,
and now Westchester County. Brian's life list for the US is now over 600 birds.
What We Found
― Results of the BioBlitz
The Sites:
Click for a map of the properties
Leon Levy Preserve |
Hunt-Parker Sanctuary |
Angle Fly Preserve | Guard Hill Preserve
Westchester Wilderness Walk |
Ward Pound Ridge Reservation
Participants, Organizations, and
Sponsors
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