Hi Notes

This first observation is actually from Atascadero, not Hi Mountain. FINALLY I got to actually see the object of my tracking efforts! The day after Paul saw the ‘Atascadero Crew’ on Mon Dec 9th, I was driving West on Hwy 41 into Atascadero. I looked over to the North and saw three BIG black birds in the dead upper branches of an oak tree behind the Bank of America. Like Paul,...

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Atascadero Condors (again)

Hi all, While driving north last monday on my way to work in Tahoe, I encountered several Ventana birds as they soared low over downtown Atascadero. It was about 1320hrs and I was driving N on the 101, just entering Atascadero. Heavy, low clouds and scattered sprinkles. Making my usual scan of the skies and sorting through the kettles of TV’s, I spotted an yellow tagged CA condor...

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Observations from Hi Mountain

Notes from ‘On Hi’: I drove up to the lookout to check for any rain damage Sat Dec 7. There had been very little rain, so all was well. I picked up signals from the following Condors that evening (all in Atascadero): B170 (male), Y192 (female), OR209 (male), and B168 (male). I arrived at the lookout at 3:30 PM, so only tracked them for a couple of hours. I stayed overnight, along with a Cal Poly...

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