Condor over the Lookout!

Today, 11/20, Kevin Cooper and Tom Murphey from the Forest Service worked at Hi Mtn. Lookout, installing a storm door for improved weatherproofing. During their lunch break they looked up and watched a condor flying above the lookout and then out in the direction of Lopez Lake! Getting out the telonics, Kevin picked up a radio signal for a second condor and had a visual on...

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Audubon California Field Trip

Today, Nov.1st, a group of 13 of us met at Hi Mountain Lookout for an afternoon field trip. Following yesterday’s rain showers there was no dust on the road, everything had a fresh smell after the first fall rains, the skies were deep blue, flat-bottomed white cumulus clouds were scattered widely over the Santa Lucias, and a brisk cold wind blew (wind chill was 36*F in the...

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