About the Author(s)

Steven Mlodinow received his B.A. from Bowdoin College in 1984 and his M.D. from the University of California at San Diego School of Medicine in 1989. He has authored three books and more than fifty peer-reviewed articles pertaining to ornithology, with a special interest in biogeography and status-and-distribution. Steven served as a regional editor for North American Birds (and its predecessors) from 1999 to 2009 and again from 2012 to 2015. He was a member of the Washington Bird Records Committee from 1999 to 2015 and is currently a member of the Colorado Bird Records Committee. Goals for the near future include investigating potential full-species status for several taxa endemic to Baja California Sur, including the Cape Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium gnoma hoskinsii), the San Lucan Vireo (Vireo cassinii lucasanus), and the San Lucan Robin (Turdus migratorius confinis).