Author Archives: Sebastian Marquez

Paleobiogeography and the long memories of Ole Owyhee Part I

Not the most euphonious title. But paleobiogeography is a marvelous thing to me. To put it in a slightly more simple way, it’s about how populations have expanded and contracted in an area over time.

Posted in Natural History | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Why studia mirabilium?

I had been toying around with the idea of a blog for a long time now. And, as you can see from my teaser post about the Birds of the Pihea Trail, I finally decided to jump in. The question … Continue reading →

Posted in Random | Tagged , | 2 Comments

Birds of the Pihea Trail

A couple of weeks back, I went to Koke’e State Park on the island of Kaua’i to check out the native plants and animals. Just to have a little fun with it, I’ll describe what I saw as if I … Continue reading →

Posted in Nature | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment