Aug 26-28 Condor Flyby

Had a wonderful three days at the lookout this week. Tuesdays mainobjective was tracking the travels of Condor or208 as it spent theday moving through our county. I first picked up 208 at 320 degreesfrom the lookout generally in the direction of Atascadero/PasoRobles. Tracked this bird as it made its way along the Santa Luciasat one point probably flying over parts of east San Luis Obispo andthe...

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Buck Rock Lookout

This past week I was privileged to get to stay overnight and ’staff’Buck Rock Lookout, perched on a high granite dome at 8,500 ft. elevationin Sequoia National Forest. I had a brief visit with Kathy Ball, who hasstaffed the lookout since 1997 and is President of the Buck RockFoundation, an organization devoted to the preservation of fire lookoutsand their historical heritage, and providing the public...

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August 18-21

Hi all, Spent half of Monday driving the great dirt roads in the La Panzamountains. My mission was to post signs, in English and Spanish, atthe major gathering areas for hunters and other recreationists in thearea in an effort to notify the public that condors were using thearea and what the public could do to `Help Save the CaliforniaCondor’. I visited the campgrounds such as La Panza, Friis,...

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More Sierra Madre

Hi all, Just spent another weekend on the Sierra Madre, this time accompanied byAnthony Prieto of Santa Barbara. For those of you who don’t knowAnthony, he is a long-time volunteer with the Recovery Program, an avidhunter, an artist, and a Spanish speaker. He painted the amazing condormural on the Hi Mt. Lookout. Anthony and I spent Saturday and Sundaydriving the ridge from Santa Barbara Canyon...

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August 12-14 at the lookout

 was at the lookout this week August 12-14th. On Tuesday I only picked up two birds all day, or208 and or209 both to the southeast towards the Sierra Madre ridge. I had signals overnight for 208 who must have most likely been staying the night on the Madre. On Wednesday I drove up Garcia Ridge road a few miles from the lookout for some early morning signals. As predicted still had 208 towards the...

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Hi Notes

Notes for 8/4/03: Arrived at lookout at 0830 and immediately pickedup signal from OR204. This Condor must have been roosting not too farfrom the lookout, perhaps near Huff’s Hole, as the signal was strong,coming from the southwest. I received signals on and off from thebird as it flew along the coast, heading in the direction ofAtascadero, until the signal was lost by 1430 in the afternoon. Ialso...

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Seeking info on original Hi Mountain Lookout

Hi to all the Hi Mountain Lookout folks, As some of you may be aware, Hi Mountain Lookout has recently been nominatedto the National Lookout Register, which is the counterpart to the NationalHistoric Lookout Register for fire lookouts that are less than 50 years old. In8 years, your lookout will automatically be transferred to the NHLR. A linkto the web pages of the NHLR follows my signature below....

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Sierra Madre Aug 8-10

Hi all, As most of you know, last weekend was opening weekend for deer season along the Sierra Madre Ridge. In years past, condors have keyed in on the hunting activity and visited the area, often being fed by hunters and/or destroying cars, tents, etc. I spent the weekend driving the Ridge with Nick Todd, mobile tracking, posting signage asking hunters not to feed the birds and to bury gutpiles,...

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August 4-7 the big and small (condors and hummingbirds)

Hi all, This week at the lookout (August 4-7) the weather was phenomenally cool for August. I kept busy tracking 14 condors and adjusting to the flocks increased movements as the birds prepare for the risky deer hunting season and the bounties (some of them lead tainted) that it provides. I arrived at the lookout Monday afternoon to meet Kathleen who had been there since...

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Notes from a few weekends

Hello Everybody, Sorry I have not been staying up on sending out information regarding the weekends I have been there. So here is the past few weekends I was at the lookout with Lisa and others. July 18 - 20 This had to of been the most exciting weekend that I have ever spent at the mountain. The first part of the day was fairly quiet with a lot of hummingbird activity and a red tailed hawk perching...

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