Vacation on the Mountain

Greetings all, I spent Tues. through Thurs. of this week at the Lookout, filling in for Mike Tyner who is on holiday. It was a hot, productive, and somewhat sentimental three days, being the first extended visit to the Lookout I’ve had since last summer. Condor activity was very low: no signals on Tues. and brief, weak signals mid-day on Weds. and Thurs. from a few birds...

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For July 21, 2003: Again, no Condor signals all day. Instead, I was intertained all day by ‘birds’ even larger than a Condor; Whirlibirds! The Pozo Ranger Station and adjacent meadow became the staging area for no fewer than 4 helicoptors being used in the fight to control the Parkfield fire off Highway 58 and La Panza. With my binoculars I was able to follow them coming...

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For Monday, July 14, 2003. I’ve come up short on Condor signals the last couple times at the lookout…but there is no shortage of other entertainging wildlife. Here’s a partial rundown: I watched a Turkey Vulture, two Red-tailed Hawks and 1 Golden eagle circling to the North of the lookout. Later in the afternoon, I saw the Golden Eagle again down toward Huff’s Hole, and,...

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July 11-13

Hello all!This weekend was fabulous! The weather was spectacular the the view wasbreathtaking. We had 2 Big Sur birds on Sat…. boy do they move fast!They made it from Big Sur out near Lion’s Canyon in a few hours….We had plenty of visitors and everyone was in great spirits. There werequite a few families and a lucky couple who got a babysitter and snuckout of the house for a romantic dinner for two...

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Playing with a full deck

Hi all, Spent the day at the Lookout with Kevin Cooper,Tom Murphey,and(of course)Mike Tyner. We built a 12′X 12′deck off the north wall of the Lookout. The surface is made of recycled plastic and the addition creates a nice spot for eating, sleeping, tracking, relaxing, studying, star gazing, dancing, etc. Here is a photo… http://www.condorlookout.org/archives/photos/deck_builders.jpg You...

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July 1 & 2: Fire on the Mountain!

As some of you may have saw in the newspaper we had a fire up here off of hi mountain road on Tuesday. Feeling proud to have spotted a fire from this old lookout and a little uneasy of how close it was I reported the fire immediately to USFS dispatch and they and CDF were battling the blaze within minutes from both air and ground. Pictures of the fire should be on the lookout...

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The Fruits of our Efforts

Greetings all, Spent a beautiful, breezy 24hrs at the Lookout over the 4th with my sister Lisa, one of our new interns. We had some nice views of the Pismo fireworks on the 4th and four car loads of visitors up on the 5th (plus visits from Joe Lucero/USFS and Dr. Holland/CPBIO). I am so impressed with how the Lookout Project is evolving. With the tower all set up for...

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Monday June 30, 2003. No Condor signals all day. Spend a pleasant day observing the local birds, bugs and butterflies. One of the House Finch nests has 2 ot 3 fuzzy new occupants (couldn’t tell how many, but they were newly hatched). Also found a Mourning Dove nest with two eggs and attendant mother dove anxiously watching me from the nest. The weather was perfect, ranging...

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June 26-30

Hello everybody, The past weekend was fairly busy with many visitors including the Central California Biological Society. The group came on Saturday with Steve S. in the morning and stayed through lunch. Lisa and I showed them around, talked about Hi Mtn senior projects, and condor telemetry. Many tried their hand at telemetry. Despite the hot weather we had many visitors of...

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Monday June 30, 2003. No Condor signals all day. Spend a pleasant dayobserving the local birds, bugs and butterflies. One of the HouseFinch nests has 2 ot 3 fuzzy new occupants (couldn’t tell how many,but they were newly hatched). Also found a Mourning Dove nest withtwo eggs and attendant mother dove anxiously watching me from thenest. The weather was perfect, ranging from the mid 70s to mid 80s.Bye...

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June 26-30 at Hi Mt.

Hello everybody, The past weekend was fairly busy with many visitors including the Central California Biological Society. The group came on Saturday with Steve S. in the morning and stayed through lunch. Lisa and I showed them around, talked about Hi Mtn senior projects, and condor telemetry. Many tried their hand at telemetry. Despite the hot weather we had many visitors of all kinds who’s pictures...

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