ABOUT DANIEL EDELSTEIN, M.S.*:

(* = wildlife/plant surveys and regulatory/permitting services; federal 10(a)1(A) permit valid through March, 2029 for California Tiger Salamander, California Red-legged Frog, and Ridgway’s Rail)

• Daniel Edelstein’s Resume: Assists diverse clients with biological services that help them satisfy local, state, and federal regulatory measures. In so doing, I conduct wildlife and botanical surveys for common and rare, special-status species, then develop Biological Assessments, Initial Studies, and EIR/EIS Biological Resources chapters. In addition, I began leading bird outings as a Birding Guide in 1986.
• Links to my professional membership affiliation sites & phenology sites 

Organizations for which I volunteer:

• Marin Audubon Society (on its Conservation Committee since 2001)
  
• United States Geological Survey (26 years of conducting an annual Breeding Bird Survey)
• Environmental Action Coalition of West Marin (EAC) (lead annual birding tour for the EAC’s annual Point Reyes Birding Festival, which will next occur in April 26-27, 2025)
• Point Blue Conservation Science (formerly Point Reyes Bird Observatory) (conduct annual shorebird survey for the Pacific Flyway Shorebird Survey)
• Serve as a periodic guest lecturer at Merritt College (Oakland, CA) where I taught all of its bird-related classes (beginning in 2003) as an Adjunct Faculty member in its Biology Dept. 

Visit Daniel’s Blogs:

• Warbler Watch Blog (since 2006, this blog has featured Daniel’s wood-warbler articles and answers to birders’ wood-warbler questions; wood-warbler photo quizzes; and other Parulidae-related information)
• Merritt College Blog (features my diverse college birding classes that I began teaching periodically in 2003)