July 17-19

Hello Everyone,This week was just as exciting as the last. Aside from receivingsignals on multiple birds this weekend, we also trapped for mammalsand had a wonderful time. The weather just keeps getting hotter andhotter. We have to fill the birdbath up almost three times a day.There is a California Towhee who is very ritualistic about his eveningbath. The reptiles have been very active in the heat...

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Hi Mtn. rodent live-trapping research

Hi all,Dr. Larisa Vredevoe, professor in the Cal Poly Bio. Sci. Dept., and herstudents are conducting research using Hi Mountain Lookout as a fieldlaboratory station. This past weekend 8 rodents were live-trapped- anunepected low capture rate from the 64 live traps set out the nightbefore- and processed at the lookout ‘laboratory’ for a study on thecentral coast to determine the prevalance of rodent...

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July 10th, 11th and 12th

Hello Everyone, Yet, another beautiful weekend at the Hi Mountain Lookout. This weekend was very exciting because we received signals from birds that we haven’t received yet this summer. It is always neat to think that new birds are in the area. The weather this week was spectacular! For the first time this summer the fog was lifted from the beach and we could see down to...

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