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17 Jun Re: Condors getting into trouble! [Carolina Van Stone ] 13 Jun Condors getting into trouble! [SteppingStones ] 5 May work day projects ["steve schubert" ] 30 Apr Hi Mtn. workday ["steve schubert" ] 16 Apr Happy Birthday Condors! [SteppingStones ] 9 Apr donations ["steve schubert" ] 29 Mar 1st condor chick of 2013 at SDZoo [SteppingStones ] 13 Mar weather at Hi Mtn. ["steve schubert" ] 11 Mar Good News! [SteppingStones ] 2 Mar condor documentary film ["steve schubert" ] 16 Feb Re: Marcelle featured in Audubon newsletter [bob & jeannie keeffe ] 12 Feb Marcelle featured in Audubon newsletter ["steve schubert" ] 21 Dec Re: Congratulations Marcelle! [Kathleen Kent ] 20 Dec Congratulations Marcelle! ["steve schubert" ] 21 Dec RE: Congratulations Marcelle! ["Cooper, Kevin C -FS" ] 20 Dec Congratulations Marcelle! [Paul Andreano ] 25 Nov Wellness Pet Food Recall BEEF RECALLS, Egg Recall, Salmonella, USA Food Recalls ["a.deena AT ymail.com" ] 13 Nov Hi Mountain weather [steve schubert ] 30 Oct Condors in the vicinity of Hi Mt. ["Cooper, Kevin C -FS" ] 28 Oct donations ["steve schubert" ] 27 Oct Hi Mtn. open house event ["steve schubert" ] 22 Oct condor talk by Joe Burnett, VWS ["steve schubert" ] 12 Oct photos- Hi Mtn. open house event ["steve schubert" ] 04 Oct Can't come? You can still BID! [Marcelle ] 24 Sep Hi Mountain Lookout open house schedule Oct. 6th ["steve schubert" ] 24 Sep Hi Mountain Lookout Project open house schedule, Oct. 6th ["steve schubert" ] 07 Sep Watch out! [Marcelle ] 07 Sep RE: Condor [] 07 Sep RE: Hi_MountainCondor Hey [] 2 Aug Hi Mtn. weather ["steve schubert" ] 27 Jul Injunction to protect Condors [Marcelle ] 27 Jun Hi Mtn. weather report ["steve schubert" ] 25 Jun New UCSC Study on Condors & Lead [Marcelle ] 4 Jun RE: M. Tyner newsletter article ["Michael Feighner" ] 4 Jun M. Tyner newsletter article ["steve schubert" ] 26 May Fw: new Hi Mountain facebook link ["steve schubert" ] 26 May Memorial Fund donations ["steve schubert" ] 22 May OVER 400 now! Yahoo! [Marcelle ] 21 May memorial event at the lookout ["steve schubert" ] 20 May eBird Report - Hi Mountain Lookout, May 19, 2012 ["steve schubert" ] 12 May Hi Mountain Mike Tyner's Memorial Event: May 18th-20th: ["steve schubert" ] 9 May Outdoor Discovery Festival ["steve schubert" ] 9 May [slocobirding] Re: condor in Morro Bay? ["steve schubert" ] 9 May condor sightings in SLO CO ["steve schubert" ] 08 May 538 Miracle spotted along Pecho Coast trail/Pt. Buchon [Chris Arndt ] 21 Apr Outdoor Discovery Festival ["steve schubert" ] 13 Apr MCAS Alert! Community Program ["steve schubert" ] 12 Apr good news! [Marcelle ] 7 Apr [slocobirding] April 16th MCAS Community Program ["steve schubert" ] 1 Apr memorial event, May 19th ["steve schubert" ] 10 Mar Condor hatchling arrived! [Marcelle ] 8 Mar Re: Quick! Check the condor cam [Carolina Van Stone ] 08 Mar Quick! Check the condor cam [Marcelle ] 22 Feb more eggs! [Marcelle ] 18 Feb donations ["steve schubert" ] 16 Feb GOOD news ! [Marcelle ] 06 Feb Issues (lead and trash) [Marcelle ] 02 Feb Public Comment re: Calif. Condors (Tejon) [Marcelle ] 1 Feb AC-9 capture movie from 1987 [Paul Andreano ] 25 Jan New Condor Cam [Paul Andreano ] 20 Jan Fw: ScientificAmerican.com: Plight of the Condors ["steve schubert" ] 10 Nov good/bad news from AZ [Marcelle ] 11 Oct bad news for AZ birds [Marcelle ] 9 Oct Hi Mountain bird species list ["steve schubert" ] 8 Oct birding at Hi Mountain ["steve schubert" ] 3 Oct RE: Re: Hi Mtn. open house event - The case of the missing Fire Ecology Cake ["Cooper, Kevin" ] 2 Oct Re: Hi Mtn. open house event - The case of the missing Fire Ecology Cake ["Francis X. Villablanca" ] 2 Oct photos - Hi Mtn. open house event ["steve schubert" ] 28 Sep 4 nice images [Marcelle ] 26 Sep Condor lookout on Dave Congalton's show, today, 3PM. [Chris Arndt ] 21 Sep good news! [Marcelle ] 19 Sep cool - Condor Webcam [Marcelle ] 1 Sep Condor documentary on KCET Sun. 9/4 ["Robert Schwartz" ] 1 Sep Condor documentary on KCET Sun. 8/4 ["Robert Schwartz" ] 29 Aug Hi Mountain Lookout weather on KVEC 8AM every weekday! [Chris Arndt ] 26 Aug Last Intern Update [Hannah Tillmann ] Subject: Re: Condors getting into trouble! From: Carolina Van Stone <carolina792 AT earthlink.net> Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 01:48:47 -0700 Hi Marcelle, How are you? I never congratulated you on your award. I bet it's been at least one year since. You are amazing! I wonder why the Condors are so particular about this woman's property? Thanks and best of everything, always. Love to all, Carolina On Jun 13, 2013, at 5:21 PM, SteppingStones wrote: > Condor vandals! Wish it was in MY town... > http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/06/13/intruder-endangered-bird-species-damages-california-community-homes/ > -- > > *Marcelle * > SteppingStones -*EcoSac Reusable Shopping Bag System * > Toll Free:*(800) 926-1017 * > Local:*(805) 927-1017 * > Fax:*(805) 927-3275 > *www.bags4you.com > service AT bags4you.com > /Saving on paper & plastic since 1989, providing the highest quality > reusable cotton and organic cotton bags & the BEST customer service! > //*EcoSacs*//are truly "green": renewable (sustainable), reusable, > (washable) and, recyclable! / > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor Subject: Condors getting into trouble! From: SteppingStones <marcelle AT bags4you.com> Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:21:22 -0700 Condor vandals! Wish it was in MY town... http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/06/13/intruder-endangered-bird-species-damages-california-community-homes/ -- *Marcelle * SteppingStones -*EcoSac Reusable Shopping Bag System * Toll Free:*(800) 926-1017 * Local:*(805) 927-1017 * Fax:*(805) 927-3275 *www.bags4you.com service AT bags4you.com /Saving on paper & plastic since 1989, providing the highest quality reusable cotton and organic cotton bags & the BEST customer service! //*EcoSacs*//are truly "green": renewable (sustainable), reusable, (washable) and, recyclable! / [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor Subject: work day projects From: "steve schubert" <s_schub1 AT msn.com> Date: Sun, 5 May 2013 19:10:24 -0700 Hello all, Today - May 5th - Kevin Cooper, Dr. Francis Villablanca, and I spent 4 hours working at Hi Mountain Lookout. We completed a lot of spring cleaning projects including emptying out the mouse traps, disinfecting and cleaning surfaces, sweeping and mopping the floors, cleaning out the desk and removing clutter and other non-necessary stuff in storage that's been accumulating over the years. We discussed some other planned improvement and repair projects for the near future. The lookout is in good condition... looking forward to the Cal Poly college interns arriving for duty next month for the summer field season. We arrived at the lookout mid-morning enshrouded in a wind-driven gray mist as a late season low pressure system was approaching. The morning wind chill temp. was 40*F...only 2 days prior the temp. had reached a warm 82*F. The morning sustained southwesterly winds were more than 35 mph to over 40 mph, with wind gusts up to 48 mph. The weather station recorded a maximum wind gust of 56 mph at 5:50am! The wind was so strong we had difficulty opening the upstairs and downstairs doors from indoors without putting our full body weight against the doors and pushing outwards, trying to avoid getting slammed back into the door frames or getting our hands smashed while holding onto the door handles. A group of volunteers recently graded Hi Mountain Lookout Road, greatly improving the bad ruts in the road by the campground and continuing on past the gate up to the lookout. The grass along the edges of the entry road past the gate and all around the lookout slopes has also been cut down to stubble by extensive weedeating efforts -good to have this project done early to reduce fire fuels this low rainfall year. The already browning grassy roadcuts on Hi Mountain Road above Pozo are flowering profusely with Clarkia (Farewell-to-Spring) flowers and a few Mariposa lilies. Up higher along the Lookout Road flowering shrubs, trees and vines include golden yarrow, elderberry, Clematis (old man's beard), wooly blue curls, and pitcher sage. A mountain quail was frequently calling this morning below the lookout, heard on the leeward slopes where more wind protected. Another follow-up workday to complete some other projects is scheduled for Saturday, May 18th. Please contact me if you are available to help out that day. Today's work day photos are posted at https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.151232084909533.22209.133314096701332&type=1&l=f4a6ae8628 Steve Schubert, Volunteer Coordinator, Hi Mountain Lookout Project http://www.condorlookout.org/ http://www.facebook.com/condorlookout [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor Subject: Hi Mtn. workday From: "steve schubert" <s_schub1 AT msn.com> Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 22:34:45 -0700 Hi all, We are considering having a volunteer work day at the lookout this Sunday, May 5th. Please let me know if you can attend and help out, thanks. Meeting time is 8am at the Pozo Ranger Station. Bring a sack lunch. Spring cleaning and preparing for the summer field season and internship staffing will be the main emphasis. We can meet for a planning session before lunch. Steve Steve Schubert http://www.condorlookout.org/ http://www.facebook.com/condorlookout [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor Subject: Happy Birthday Condors! From: SteppingStones <marcelle AT bags4you.com> Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2013 21:16:34 -0700 http://www.imperialvalleynews.com/index.php/news/california-news/3761-california-condors-from-the-wild-turn-30-at-san-diego-zoo-safari-park.html California Condors from the Wild Turn 30 at San Diego Zoo Safari Park Created on Tuesday, 16 April 2013 15:35 Written by Imperial Valley News Escondido, California - Three of the four condors that were brought in as eggs from the wild and were the first to be hatched in a zoo are celebrating their 30^th birthday today. This birthday is reason to celebrate their age and the contributions these condors have made. The three condors,*Sespe*, *Sisquoc* and *Almiyi*, helped form the foundation for the condor recovery program at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. "It's a very significant event, because when these eggs were pulled from the wild there was a lot of controversy," said Don Sterner, an animal care manager at the Safari Park. "Once these birds became established and they adjusted well, they started breeding and it became known that we could save them." To celebrate the condors' birthday, keepers made a special cake constructed of cardboard and filled with treats for the birds to tear open and enjoy: mice, rats, meatballs and beef spleen. Of the three condors celebrating their 30^th birthday today, Sespe is the only one currently on exhibit and on view to the public. Sisquoc can be seen on the live Condor Cam taking care of his recent chick (www.sandiegozooglobal.org/video/condor_cam ) . The other birthday condor, Almiyi, is currently in the condor breeding program making great contributions to the condor population. In the 30 years these three condors have been with the Park, the recovery program has come a long way. Beginning in the 1980s, there were only 22 condors left in the world. The Safari Park has now hatched over 170 chicks and released more than 80 birds in the wild. Currently there are now more than 400 condors, more than half of which are flying free in California, Arizona and Baja California, Mexico. The California Condor Recovery Program is implemented by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, zoos in the U.S. and Mexico, and U.S. and Mexican government agencies. Although listed by the federal government as an endangered species in 1967, the California condor population continued to decline, reaching a critical low of less than two dozen birds. In 1982, the condor breeding program was successfully established at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park and Los Angeles Zoo. Today, two additional breeding centers are assisting with the recovery of the species at The Peregrine Fund's World Center for Birds of Prey and the Oregon Zoo. In addition, condors are part of an education program that allows guests at the San Diego Zoo, San Diego Zoo Safari Park, Santa Barbara Zoo and Mexico City's Chapultepec Zoo to see North America's largest bird up close. The San Diego Zoo Global Wildlife Conservancy is dedicated to bringing endangered species back from the brink of extinction. The Conservancy makes possible the wildlife conservation efforts (representing both plants and animals) of the San Diego Zoo, San Diego Zoo Safari Park, San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research, and international field programs in more than 35 countries. The important conservation and science work of these entities is supported in part by The Foundation of the Zoological Society of San Diego. -- *Marcelle * SteppingStones -*EcoSac Reusable Shopping Bag System * Toll Free:*(800) 926-1017 * Local:*(805) 927-1017 * Fax:*(805) 927-3275 *www.bags4you.com service AT bags4you.com /Saving on paper & plastic since 1989, providing the highest quality reusable cotton and organic cotton bags & the BEST customer service! //*EcoSacs*//are truly "green": renewable (sustainable), reusable, (washable) and, recyclable! / [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor Subject: donations From: "steve schubert" <s_schub1 AT msn.com> Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2013 21:17:37 -0700 The Hi Mountain Lookout Project has received financial donations from the following donors, designated for the Mike Tyner Memorial Internship Fund. Thank-you! --Arnold and Judy Bramlett, La Mirada, CA --Lidia Rodriguez, Ontario, CA --Morro Coast Audubon Society, Board of Directors Donations can be made by writing a check to 'MCAS Hi Mountain Lookout Project" and mailing to: Morro Coast Audubon Society Po Box 1507 Morro Bay, CA 93443-1507 Contributions are tax deductible under IRS Code 501(c)(3). Morro Coast Audubon Society tax I.D. # 23-7165021 Donate to the Mike Tyner Memorial Internship Fund: Please make checks payable to: MCAS Hi Mountain Lookout Project (write in 'M.Tyner Fund' on the notes space) Donate by mail: Morro Coast Audubon, PO Box 1507, Morro Bay, CA 93443 Donate on-line: To donate online with a credit card, simply visit Morro Coast Audubon's donation page at www.morrocoastaudubon.org Choose: Dedication or Gift (To make a donation in memory of Mike, please enter Mike Tyner's name). Donations are tax deductible (Tax ID # 23-7165021) A 2013 tax receipt will be sent to you from MCAS [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor Subject: 1st condor chick of 2013 at SDZoo From: SteppingStones <marcelle AT bags4you.com> Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 12:00:21 -0700 The hatching took place on March 26 - You can watch the Condor Cam! http://www.sandiegozooglobal.org/video/condor_cam -- *Marcelle * SteppingStones -*EcoSac Reusable Shopping Bag System * Toll Free:*(800) 926-1017 * Local:*(805) 927-1017 * Fax:*(805) 927-3275 *www.bags4you.com service AT bags4you.com /Saving on paper & plastic since 1989, providing the highest quality reusable cotton and organic cotton bags & the BEST customer service! //*EcoSacs*//are truly "green": renewable (sustainable), reusable, (washable) and, recyclable! / [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor Subject: weather at Hi Mtn. From: "steve schubert" <s_schub1 AT msn.com> Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:56:07 -0700 Here is an excerpt from today's 03-13-13 weather report from Meteorologist John Lindsey, mentioning Hi Mtn. Lookout and the temperature inversion across the central coast: This morning's strong temperature inversion layer along the beaches and in the coastal valleys produced areas of dense fog. At 8 a.m. this morning the temperature at SLOweather.com was was 43 degrees at 300 feet of elevation, while at the same time and a short distance away the temperature at Tim's Home on top of the Irish Hills was 66 degrees at 1,200-feet of elevation. Higher-up at 3,200 feet, Condor Lookout reported 68 degrees. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor Subject: Good News! From: SteppingStones <marcelle AT bags4you.com> Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 23:18:09 -0700 First: Congrats to Jan Hamber, Joseph Brandt, Devon Lang (I know I saw Joe Burnett briefly) and everyone who got to participate in the documentary film *"The Condor's Shadow" *(shown at the S.L.O. International Film Festival on Sunday) Well done! Informative, emotional, educational and beautiful camera shots (yeah for helmet cams!) (Personally it was fun to see the faces of some I've never met & only have emailed, like Jesse Grantham, and, to see Jan's sweet smiling face from the 80's and her sweet smiling face now, as she watches the next generation follow in her footsteps.. protecting the majestic birds. See film's trailer at: http://www.thecondorsshadow.com/ Screening in SBA on March 28 (listed under "screenings" at site listed above. I hope we can buy the dvd and hold a showing as a fundraiser for the Hi Mountain Lookout this year... Second: (Too cute!) From: http://www.sandiego6.com/news/local/California-Condor-Chick-Wesa-197241251.html California Condor Chick "Wesa" Debuts at Safari Park By Mike Wille Story Published: Mar 11, 2013 at 6:30 PM PDT SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The first California condor chick to be born at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park this year is about two weeks old, the zoo announced Monday. Wesa, which means "celebratory drink" in the Chumash language, is growing by leaps and bounds, according to the chick's handlers, who said the bird is gulping down as many as 15 mice a day. Wesa also sleeps a lot, but plays with a feather and other enrichment toys when awake. The sex of the bird is not known yet. Safari Park animal handlers will conduct a blood test in a few weeks to make a determination. Sometime later, the condor could be released to the wild, either here in California or Arizona, according to the zoo. The California Condor Recovery Program at the Safari Park has hatched 173 chicks and released more than 80 birds in the wild since starting up in the 1980s, when there were an estimated 22 condors left in the world. The number is now over 400, with about half in the wild. -- *Marcelle * SteppingStones -*EcoSac Reusable Shopping Bag System * Toll Free:*(800) 926-1017 * Local:*(805) 927-1017 * Fax:*(805) 927-3275 *www.bags4you.com service AT bags4you.com /Saving on paper & plastic since 1989, providing the highest quality reusable cotton and organic cotton bags & the BEST customer service! //*EcoSacs*//are truly "green": renewable (sustainable), reusable, (washable) and, recyclable! / [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor Subject: condor documentary film From: "steve schubert" <s_schub1 AT msn.com> Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2013 12:05:12 -0800 SLO folks, mark your calendars. A new documentary about the California Condor will be showing at the SLO Film Festival on Sunday March 10, 10am AT Downtown Cinemas. film website at: thecondorsshadow.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor Subject: Re: Marcelle featured in Audubon newsletter From: bob & jeannie keeffe <bkeeffe AT earthlink.net> Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2013 20:00:34 -0800 Although I am not a 'working' volunteer I oh so much appreciate all that our volunteers do and report. Thank you, Jeannie Keeffe Lopez Lake BaldEagles "Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway" Jeannie & Bob Keeffe bkeeffe AT earthlink.net On Feb 12, 2013, at 9:24 AM, steve schubert wrote: > Hello all, > Hi Mountain Lookout Project volunteer Marcelle Bakula, recently > honored for her talents and community contributions as > "Cambria Citizen of the Year", is featured in a front page article > for the February issue of the Pacific Flyway, the newsletter of > Morro Coast Audubon Society, at: http://www.morrocoastaudubon.org/pdf/feb13.pdfhttp://www.morrocoastaudubon.org/pdf/feb13.pdf > > > > Congratulations to Marcelle, who has given of her time, energy, and > talents as a Hi Mountain volunteer since 2005, a driving force for > the lookout project. > > Steve Schubert > Volunteer Coordinator, Hi Mountain Lookout Project > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor Subject: Marcelle featured in Audubon newsletter From: "steve schubert" <s_schub1 AT msn.com> Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2013 09:24:32 -0800 Hello all, Hi Mountain Lookout Project volunteer Marcelle Bakula, recently honored for her talents and community contributions as "Cambria Citizen of the Year", is featured in a front page article for the February issue of the Pacific Flyway, the newsletter of Morro Coast Audubon Society, at: http://www.morrocoastaudubon.org/pdf/feb13.pdf Congratulations to Marcelle, who has given of her time, energy, and talents as a Hi Mountain volunteer since 2005, a driving force for the lookout project. Steve Schubert Volunteer Coordinator, Hi Mountain Lookout Project [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor Subject: Re: Congratulations Marcelle! From: Kathleen Kent <kikapoo AT charter.net> Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 06:04:45 -0800 Your efforts at Hi Mountain Lookout have been outstanding, Marcelle. This award is well deserved and I'm so proud of you! Kathleen On Dec 20, 2012, at 6:37 PM, steve schubert wrote: > Congratulations, well deserved. > Steve > > From: Cooper, Kevin C -FS > To: Paul Andreano ; Lookout Listserv > Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2012 4:25 PM > Subject: RE: [CondorLookoutProject] Congratulations Marcelle! > > Congratulations Marcelle! You are the best! Kevin > > From: Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com [mailto:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Paul Andreano > Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2012 3:33 PM > To: Lookout Listserv > Subject: [CondorLookoutProject] Congratulations Marcelle! > > http://www.condorlookout.org/2012/12/marcelle-bakula-named-cambria-citizen.html > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor Subject: Congratulations Marcelle! From: "steve schubert" <s_schub1 AT msn.com> Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 18:37:48 -0800 Congratulations, well deserved. Steve From: Cooper, Kevin C -FS To: Paul Andreano ; Lookout Listserv Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2012 4:25 PM Subject: RE: [CondorLookoutProject] Congratulations Marcelle! Congratulations Marcelle! You are the best! Kevin From: Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com [mailto:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Paul Andreano Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2012 3:33 PM To: Lookout Listserv Subject: [CondorLookoutProject] Congratulations Marcelle! http://www.condorlookout.org/2012/12/marcelle-bakula-named-cambria-citizen.html [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor Subject: RE: Congratulations Marcelle! From: "Cooper, Kevin C -FS" <kccooper AT fs.fed.us> Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 00:25:24 +0000 Congratulations Marcelle! You are the best! Kevin From: Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com [mailto:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Paul Andreano Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2012 3:33 PM To: Lookout Listserv Subject: [CondorLookoutProject] Congratulations Marcelle! http://www.condorlookout.org/2012/12/marcelle-bakula-named-cambria-citizen.html [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] This electronic message contains information generated by the USDA solely for the intended recipients. Any unauthorized interception of this message or the use or disclosure of the information it contains may violate the law and subject the violator to civil or criminal penalties. If you believe you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and delete the email immediately. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor Subject: Congratulations Marcelle! From: Paul Andreano <himountainpaul AT gmail.com> Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 15:33:00 -0800 http://www.condorlookout.org/2012/12/marcelle-bakula-named-cambria-citizen.html [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor Subject: Wellness Pet Food Recall BEEF RECALLS, Egg Recall, Salmonella, USA Food Recalls From: "a.deena AT ymail.com" <a.deena@ymail.com> Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2012 04:01:58 -0000 Wellness Pet Food Recall BEEF RECALLS, Egg Recall, Salmonella, USA Food Recalls, http://petfoodrecalls-p.blogspot.com Virtual Pet Breeding http://petbreeding-p.blogspot.com ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor Subject: Hi Mountain weather From: steve schubert <s_schub1 AT msn.com> Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 08:17:34 -0800 Excerpt from Meteorologist John Lindsey's Nov. 13th weather report: ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS: A 1,030 millibar high over the Great Basin will continue to produce an offshore flow during the night and morning hours. The Condor Lookout weather reporting station on top of Hi Mountain at 3,200 feet of elevation is reporting winds out of the east-northeast at 20 mph sustained with gust 25 mph. Tassajera Peak weather station along the Cuesta Ridge at 2,800 feet of elevation is reporting northeasterly winds of 10 mph with gusts to 18 mph. Due to these offshore winds, temperatures along the many of the beaches this morning are quite mild with the Diablo Canyon reporting 59 degrees. However, locations sheltered from these winds in the North County could see one more morning of below freezing temperatures. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor Subject: Condors in the vicinity of Hi Mt. From: "Cooper, Kevin C -FS" <kccooper AT fs.fed.us> Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2012 16:45:58 +0000 Hi All, GPS transmitter info shows two condors flew over the lookout and Huff's Hole yesterday - condors 449 and 526, flew north along the Lopez ridge, and then returned to south to the upper Sisquoc area. Hopefully we see more of these forays into their old haunts! Kevin This electronic message contains information generated by the USDA solely for the intended recipients. Any unauthorized interception of this message or the use or disclosure of the information it contains may violate the law and subject the violator to civil or criminal penalties. If you believe you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and delete the email immediately. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor Subject: donations From: "steve schubert" <s_schub1 AT msn.com> Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2012 12:06:47 -0700 The following donations have been received. Thank-you! Materials and Supplies- Marcelle Bakula, Cambria-- tri-fold brochure printing Financial donations- Jerry and Judith Burkhardt, Creston Phyllis and Michael Hischier, San Luis Obispo Marjorie Smith, Arroyo Grande Memorial fund donations- Nancy Tyner, Paso Robles Jane Fong, Network for Good 2012 Open House Silent Auction donors of items for lookout general fund - Friends of the California Condor, Ventura Central Coast Outdoors, Los Osos Girl Scout Troop 146, Templeton Santa Barbara Zoo Marcelle Bakula, Cambria Phyllis Hischier, San Luis Obispo Joel Weiss, San Luis Obispo 2012 Open House Silent Auction donors of items for Mike Tyner Memorial Fund - U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Ventura Santa Barbara Zoo California Dept. of Parks and Recreation, San Simeon Novo Restaurant, San Luis Obispo Joel Weiss, San Luis Obispo Marcelle Bakula, Cambria note: the 2012 open house event generated $303 from auction proceeds for general lookout operations and $360 from auction proceeds for the memorial fund supporting the summer internship program. Thank-you to all the donors, bidders, and winners! Donations can be made by writing a check to 'MCAS Hi Mountain Project" and mailing to: Morro Coast Audubon Society Po Box 1507 Morro Bay, CA 93443-1507 Contributions are tax deductible under IRS Code 501(c)(3). Morro Coast Audubon Society tax I.D. # 23-7165021 Donate to the Mike Tyner Memorial Internship Fund: Please make checks payable to: MCAS-Hi Mountain Lookout (write in 'M.Tyner Fund' on the notes space) Donate by mail: Morro Coast Audubon, PO Box 1507, Morro Bay, CA 93443 Donate on-line: To donate online with a credit card, simply visit Morro Coast Audubon's donation page at www.morrocoastaudubon.org Choose: Dedication or Gift (To make a donation in memory of Mike, please enter Mike Tyner's name). Donations are tax deductible (Tax ID # 23-7165021) A 2012 Tax receipts will be sent to you from MCAS [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor Subject: Hi Mtn. open house event From: "steve schubert" <s_schub1 AT msn.com> Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2012 14:57:09 -0700 Here is the text of a note card from the Templeton Girl Scouts, recently delivered to the MCAS mailbox: Dear Hi Mountain Lookout, Thank you for a wonderful day at the Lookout at this year's open house. Our troop enjoyed re-visiting the Lookout and hearing all of the positive reports about the Condors growing numbers. Please pass on our thank you's to all of the volunteers who taught our troop as well as Junior Troop No. 40016. Their Leader reported that these younger scouts talked all the way home about their experience at Hi-Mountain and are looking forward to giving a report to their younger troop members at their next meeting. In addition they will be making an information board about the Condor and displaying it in some public buildings around Paso Robles. Thank you again for a memorable day and all of your volunteer efforts to save this important bird. Sincerely, GS Cadette Troop No. 40146 (and eight scouts signed it) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor Subject: condor talk by Joe Burnett, VWS From: "steve schubert" <s_schub1 AT msn.com> Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2012 08:47:55 -0700 Central Coast Biological Society Fall Meeting Date: Thursday, October 25, 2012 Place: P.G.&E. Community Center San Luis Bay Drive exit off Highway 101. Left on Ontario Rd. (frontage), 1/8 mile. 6588 Ontario Rd. Agenda: 6:45pm- refreshments 7:00pm- Announcements 7:05pm- “ A Status Update on the California Sea Otter and the Land-Sea Connection”. Melissa Miller; Veterinarian Specialist, CA Dept. of Fish and Game. 7:45pm- Break 8:00pm- “The Condors of California’s Central Coast: Status and Current Threats”. Joe Burnett; Coordinator - Big Sur Condor Project, Ventana Wildlife Society 8:40pm- adjournment [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor Subject: photos- Hi Mtn. open house event From: "steve schubert" <s_schub1 AT msn.com> Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2012 22:20:58 -0700 Hello all, Photos of the 11th annual Open House event Oct. 6th are posted at the Hi Mountain facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/condorlookout/ Thank-you to all the staff, volunteers, field trip leaders and evening presenters for making the open house event a success, and to the two girl scout troops conducting a service project removing invasive yellow-star thistle. More than 70 adults and kids attended, including a good turnout for the birding and native plant identification field trips. The fundraising auction and merchandise sales generated more than $700 for the project's operating expenses and internship support. Those who stayed on throughout the evening enjoyed the complimentary wine tasting by Saucelito Canyon winery, evening potluck dinner (and Jim's famous upside down cake for dessert!) and PowerPoint presentations by our guest speakers. We will be planning an event this spring, will keep you posted. Steve Schubert http://www.condorlookout.org/ http://www.facebook.com/condorlookout [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor Subject: Can't come? You can still BID! From: Marcelle <marcelle AT bags4you.com> Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2012 19:27:25 -0700 If you can't make it to this Saturday's*Annual Hi Mountain Open House*,/you can still help the Lookout!/ There will be *two* Silent Auctions this year: one for the Lookout's general operating fund and one for the _Mike Tyner Memorial Fund_ (to help student interns) Below are the items available with minimum bids. If you would like to bid on an item, let us know the maximum amount you would like us to bid for you! Send your name & phone & we'll let you know if you won! We'll work out how to pick up your item (hopefully no shipping required). NOTE: You must contact Marcelle BY Friday before 10 PM if you wish to bid as she's leaving home at 5:45 AM Sat. to head up to the Lookout.) *_ _* *_Silent Auction Item -- Lookout_* *_value_* *_min._* *_donor_* 1 Dark-eyed Junco $65 $10 MB 2 T-shirt Friends of CA CO 3 Earrings $18 $5 MB 4 Reusable bags $25 $8 MB 5 Antique Print $25 $5 MB 6 Smokey Bear $15 $5 MB 7 Loon pin $25 $10 MB 8 K.Volk Pinot Noir & Cal Poly Syrah $28 $5 JW 9 Hearst Ranch Organic Olive Oil $20 $5 MB 10 Body Butter & Cozy Sox $20 $5 MB 11 T-shirt $5 Friends of CA CO *_Benefiting Mike's Fund _* 20 $80 Gift Certif -- Gippinot Rest. $80 $30 JW 21 Cloissone Condor pin $18 $10 MB 22 Santa Barbara Zoo Package* $400 $175 SB Zoo 23 Condor Package*** $60 $25 USFWS 24 State Parks Package*** $45 $20 Ca Dept. of Parks & Rec. 25 SB Zoo Package*** $50 $25 SB Zoo 26 Dinner for Two at Novo Rest. SLO $100 $40 Novo ** see below for descriptions * _Item Descriptions_ (Mike's Fund) 1. *Santa Barbara Zoo Package ($400.00 value)* a. 4 VIP tour tickets 2. *Condor Package ($60.00 value) - FWS* a. Large Condor stuffed animal b. Friends of the Condor shirt c. Condor book d. Condor note card e. Condor sticker 3. *State Parks Package ($45.00 value) -- CDPR* a. California State Parks Book -- recreation guide b. State Parks Journal 4. *SB Zoo Package ($50.00) -- SB Zoo* 1. Large PooPooPaper Journal 2. Small PooPooPaper Journal 3. SB Zoo water bottle *Marcelle * CALL at work: (or email at marcelle AT bags4you.com - if you get a bounce-back, try again at marcelle AT digitalputty.com ) Toll Free:*(800) 926-1017 * Local:*(805) 927-1017 * Fax:*(805) 927-3275 *www.bags4you.com service AT bags4you.com /Saving on paper & plastic since 1989, providing the highest quality reusable cotton and organic cotton bags & the BEST customer service! //*EcoSacs*//are truly "green": renewable (sustainable), reusable, (washable) and, recyclable! / [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor Subject: Hi Mountain Lookout open house schedule Oct. 6th From: "steve schubert" <s_schub1 AT msn.com> Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2012 20:10:48 -0700 Hi Mountain Condor Lookout Project 11th Annual Open House/ Campout Saturday, October 6th, 2012 Bird watching field trip 9:00am - 11:30am Pozo to Hi Mountain (elev. 3,199 ft.), Los Padres National Forest Meet 9am at Pozo Ranger Station. Car pooling from Pozo is recommended. Easy hiking conditions. Habitats: grassland, riparian woodland (at Salinas River crossing), oak woodland & chaparral Field trip leader: Mike Stiles, Morro Coast Audubon Society NOTE: advanced registration is required for participation in the birding field trip. Contact Steve at s_schub1 AT msn.com or phone # (805) 528-6138 Lookout Service Project: Girl Scout Troop 40146 Kids activities beginning 11:00am Condor biology and radio tracking demonstrations, making plaster-of-paris animal tracks, afternoon nature hike on the lookout road Picnic lunch 11:30am–12:30pm (bring your own lunch) -tour the Hi Mountain Lookout facilities and Interpretive Center - sign guest register Welcoming comments 12:30pm a.. Introductions of Hi Mountain Lookout staff, volunteers, and student interns: Steve Schubert, Volunteer Coordinator, Morro Coast Audubon Society and Dr. Francis Villablanca, Professor, Cal Poly Biological Sciences Department b.. Morning birding field trip report by trip leader c.. Updates on the California Condor Recovery Program: Condor staff d.. Condor radio tracking demonstration: Cal Poly college interns Auction for donated items – Hi Mountain Lookout Project annual fundraiser Afternoon activities and field trips: 1:30pm a.. Geographical landmarks - a 360 degree view from the Pacific Coast to the Sierra Nevada - and demonstration of the original Hi Mountain Lookout firefinder Kevin Cooper, USFS Wildlife Biologist 2:00 pm a.. Native plant identification walk along the crest of the Santa Lucia Mountains on Hi Mountain Road Leader: Dr. Dirk Walters, San Luis Obispo Chapter, California Native Plant Society b.. Nature hike for kids along Hi Mountain Lookout Road c.. New volunteers training session - radiotelemetry, facilities use, and scheduling: meet with Hi Mountain Lookout volunteers and staff Sunset watch and dinner 6:00-7:00pm Saucelito Canyon Vineyard &Winery wine serving, compliments of Nancy and Bill Greenough Gas stove and oven in the lookout facilities are available for cooking and heating food. Participants are encouraged to bring a potluck dish to share with their friends and guests. Note: no campfires are permitted for cooking or the overnight campout. Evening program 7:00pm (wear layered clothing) a.. PowerPoint slide show presentation by the 2012 Cal Poly student interns - biological field research projects and summer internship experiences b.. “Condor movie night” Popcorn and refreshments will be served! c.. Astronomy observations: Telescopic observations of the evening skies Optional Hi Mountain campout Camping sites are available Saturday night at ‘Cypress Hill’ near the lookout. Other vehicle camping sites are located on the ridgeline near the entrance gate on Hi Mountain Rd., with a view overlooking the mountains and coast, and also at the USFS Hi Mountain Campground located one mile down the road from the lookout. There are picnic tables and outhouses at the campground. Bring your own potable water. For additional information about the open house event and driving directions to Hi Mountain Lookout, see our website at www.condorlookout.org View photos of past open house events. ‘Like’ our Hi Mountain Lookout facebook page at www.facebook.com/Hi-Mountain-Lookout Please RSVP if you are planning to attend the open house event and the number of people in your group by contacting Steve Schubert at s_schub1 AT msn.com or phone # (805) 528-6138 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor Subject: Hi Mountain Lookout Project open house schedule, Oct. 6th From: "steve schubert" <s_schub1 AT msn.com> Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2012 20:06:05 -0700 Hi Mountain Condor Lookout Project 11th Annual Open House/ Campout Saturday, October 6th, 2012 Bird watching field trip 9:00am - 11:30am Pozo to Hi Mountain (elev. 3,199 ft.), Los Padres National Forest Meet 9am at Pozo Ranger Station. Car pooling from Pozo is recommended. Easy hiking conditions. Habitats: grassland, riparian woodland (at Salinas River crossing), oak woodland & chaparral Field trip leader: Mike Stiles, Morro Coast Audubon Society NOTE: advanced registration is required for participation in the birding field trip. Contact Steve at s_schub1 AT msn.com or phone # (805) 528-6138 Lookout Service Project: Girl Scout Troop 40146 Kids activities beginning 11:00am Condor biology and radio tracking demonstrations, making plaster-of-paris animal tracks, afternoon nature hike on the lookout road Picnic lunch 11:30am–12:30pm (bring your own lunch) -tour the Hi Mountain Lookout facilities and Interpretive Center - sign guest register Welcoming comments 12:30pm a.. Introductions of Hi Mountain Lookout staff, volunteers, and student interns: Steve Schubert, Volunteer Coordinator, Morro Coast Audubon Society and Dr. Francis Villablanca, Professor, Cal Poly Biological Sciences Department b.. Morning birding field trip report by trip leader c.. Updates on the California Condor Recovery Program: Condor staff d.. Condor radio tracking demonstration: Cal Poly college interns Auction for donated items – Hi Mountain Lookout Project annual fundraiser Afternoon activities and field trips: 1:30pm a.. Geographical landmarks - a 360 degree view from the Pacific Coast to the Sierra Nevada - and demonstration of the original Hi Mountain Lookout firefinder Kevin Cooper, USFS Wildlife Biologist 2:00 pm a.. Native plant identification walk along the crest of the Santa Lucia Mountains on Hi Mountain Road Leader: Dr. Dirk Walters, San Luis Obispo Chapter, California Native Plant Society b.. Nature hike for kids along Hi Mountain Lookout Road c.. New volunteers training session - radiotelemetry, facilities use, and scheduling: meet with Hi Mountain Lookout volunteers and staff Sunset watch and dinner 6:00-7:00pm Saucelito Canyon Vineyard &Winery wine serving, compliments of Nancy and Bill Greenough Gas stove and oven in the lookout facilities are available for cooking and heating food. Participants are encouraged to bring a potluck dish to share with their friends and guests. Note: no campfires are permitted for cooking or the overnight campout. Evening program 7:00pm (wear layered clothing) a.. PowerPoint slide show presentation by the 2012 Cal Poly student interns - biological field research projects and summer internship experiences b.. “Condor movie night” Popcorn and refreshments will be served! c.. Astronomy observations: Telescopic observations of the evening skies Optional Hi Mountain campout Camping sites are available Saturday night at ‘Cypress Hill’ near the lookout. Other vehicle camping sites are located on the ridgeline near the entrance gate on Hi Mountain Rd., with a view overlooking the mountains and coast, and also at the USFS Hi Mountain Campground located one mile down the road from the lookout. There are picnic tables and outhouses at the campground. Bring your own potable water. For additional information about the open house event and driving directions to Hi Mountain Lookout, see our website at www.condorlookout.org View photos of past open house events. ‘Like’ our Hi Mountain Lookout facebook page at www.facebook.com/Hi-Mountain-Lookout Please RSVP if you are planning to attend the open house event and the number of people in your group by contacting Steve Schubert at s_schub1 AT msn.com or phone # (805) 528-6138 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor Subject: Watch out! From: Marcelle <marcelle AT bags4you.com> Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2012 11:51:30 -0700 some*bkeefe *person appears to have invaded Hi Mtn list-serv - don't click on the links he's sending out! I notified Steve. -- *Marcelle * SteppingStones -*EcoSac Reusable Shopping Bag System * Toll Free:*(800) 926-1017 * Local:*(805) 927-1017 * Fax:*(805) 927-3275 *www.bags4you.com service AT bags4you.com /Saving on paper & plastic since 1989, providing the highest quality reusable cotton and organic cotton bags & the BEST customer service! //*EcoSacs*//are truly "green": renewable (sustainable), reusable, (washable) and, recyclable! / [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor Subject: RE: Condor From: bkeeffe AT earthlink.net Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2012 19:25:51 -0600 hey Condor guarantee your success with this simple trick http://bit.ly/Offi19 all the doors have opened wide for me i feel rejuvinated ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor Subject: RE: Hi_MountainCondor Hey From: bkeeffe AT earthlink.net Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2012 19:43:19 -0600 Hi_MountainCondor hi this is the most legitimate thing ive come across online http://t.co/US1Sqq9y do something better with your time i bet most have no idea what this is ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor Subject: Hi Mtn. weather From: "steve schubert" <s_schub1 AT msn.com> Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2012 19:02:54 -0700 Excerpt from Meteorologist John Lindsey's August 2nd weather forecast: ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS: A strong temperature inversion layer continues to produce extensive and persistent coastal low clouds and areas of fog along the immediate coastline. At 7 a.m. the temperature at the Santa Margarita Fire Department at 1,000 feet of elevation was 52 degrees, while at the same time, Condor Lookout at 3,200 feet of elevation was 80 degrees. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor Subject: Injunction to protect Condors From: Marcelle <marcelle AT bags4you.com> Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2012 11:26:28 -0700 from: http://www.kcet.org/news/rewire/wind/court-to-consider-injunction-in-kern-county-wind-case.html Court To Consider Injunction In Kern County Wind Case by Chris Clarke on July 27, 2012 10:00 AM Plaintiffs who filed suit against Kern County over a proposed wind installation's possible threat to California condors will argue for a preliminary injunction against the project on August 1. The groups, Defenders of Wildlife, Center for Biological Diversity, and the Sierra Club, sued in October to reopen environmental review of NextEra's 100-turbine North Sky River wind project, and the smaller adjacent Jawbone project, in the mountains north of Mojave. The groups maintain that the combined project as planned poses a serious risk to California condors, now struggling to rebuild their numbers after nearly going extinct in the 1980s. The project may also pose a threat to beleaguered golden eagles, southwestern willow flycatchers, and bats. "There's plenty of room in the state for both wind projects and the California condor to thrive," Center for Biological Diversity biologist Ileene Anderson said when the suit was filed in October. "But if condors and wind turbines are going to coexist, those turbines need to be sited carefully and measures have to be taken to minimize the risk that condors will be killed. Unfortunately, this project fails to do that." The North Sky River and Jawbone projects would be directly north of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power's Pine Tree Wind project, which has drawn fire for the deaths of at least six federally protected golden eagles, and thousands of other birds per year. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) calculates that Pine Tree Wind has killed 1,595 birds a year, which at 11.8 fatalities per megawatt of capacity is among the highest rates of wind turbine bird kill in the nation. FWS speculates that without bird protection measures being adopted at the nearby North Sky River and Jawbone projects, their fatality rates may well be similar. The plaintiffs have claimed they have tried to work with wind developer NextEra to implement project features to minimize the threat to wildlife, but have been rebuffed. The groups, backed up by letters of concern from FWS and the California Department of Fish and Game, asked Kern County to insist on greater environmental protection measures, but Kern's Board of Supervisors approved the project without amendments in September 2011. There are 200 California condors in the wild, out of a total population of 400 in the captive breeding recovery program that has staved off the birds' extinction. The birds are expanding their current range from a stronghold in Tejon Ranch toward the eastern Tehachapi range, an epicenter of California wind development. The birds' wingspans can reach nearly ten feet and they are relatively slow-maneuvering, making them especially vulnerable to large wind turbine blades. FWS will not issue take permits for the species, meaning that any wind turbine injuring a condor may face criminal charges. According to Forbes Magazine's Todd Woody , FWS warned Kern County and wind developers in 2009 that most of the projects on the drawing board for the area threatened the condor. Wind development in the area has proceeded nonetheless. The injunction hearing will take place August 1 at the Kern County Superior Court in Bakersfield. -- *Marcelle * SteppingStones -*EcoSac Reusable Shopping Bag System * Toll Free:*(800) 926-1017 * Local:*(805) 927-1017 * Fax:*(805) 927-3275 *www.bags4you.com service AT bags4you.com /Saving on paper & plastic since 1989, providing the highest quality reusable cotton and organic cotton bags & the BEST customer service! //*EcoSacs*//are truly "green": renewable (sustainable), reusable, (washable) and, recyclable! / [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor Subject: Hi Mtn. weather report From: "steve schubert" <s_schub1 AT msn.com> Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 18:22:09 -0700 Here is an excerpt from today's weather report by meteorologist John Lindsey, with a mention about Hi Mountain Lookout (and temp. information from the online weather station): ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS: Skies were clear and temperatures were cool throughout the Central Coast this morning. However, this morning's temperature was 58-degrees at Condor Lookout on Hi Mountain at about 3,200-feet of elevation, while temperatures along the coastline were mostly in the high-40s. This condition is singling the beginning of a temperature inversion layer. Consequently, look for marine low clouds to develop along the beaches during the late-night and early morning hours beginning tonight and continuing through Sunday. Clear and sunny conditions are expected to continue during the late morning and afternoon hours along the beaches. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor Subject: New UCSC Study on Condors & Lead From: Marcelle <marcelle AT bags4you.com> Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2012 14:16:18 -0700 _from web-site_: http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_20934860/new-study-lead-poisoning-condors-at-epidemic-proportions NOTE: at site there is a link to the study, which would not copy for me to paste?! and I think you could scroll thru the photos at the site as well.... _Source_: www.MercuryNews.com (Silicon Valley) inShare New study: lead poisoning of condors at "epidemic proportions" By Paul Rogers progers AT mercurynews.com Posted: 06/25/2012 12:22:00 PM PDT Updated: 06/25/2012 02:02:39 PM PDT Lead still threatens California condors 1 of 11 Lead still threatens California condors In this photo provided by the Ventana Wildlife Society, California condor No. 375 soars over the hills of Big Sur, Calif., after being treated for lead poisoning and re-released on May 5, 2009. Despite the California Legislature banning lead bullets in counties where California condors fly, lead poisoning remains their No. 1 killer. (AP Photo/Ventana Wildlife Society) * Lead still threatens California condors * Lead still threatens California condors * Lead still threatens California condors * Lead still threatens California condors * Lead still threatens California condors . California condors, one of the world's most endangered species, are facing lead poisoning from hunters' bullets "at epidemic levels," and will not recover unless further steps are taken to control it, a new study released Monday found. A review of more than 1,100 blood samples taken from California condors that were captured in the wild and tested between 1997 and 2010 found that 48 percent of the birds had lead levels so high that they could have died without treatment in animal hospitals. "Lead poisoning is preventing the recovery of California condors," said Myra Finkelstein, a research toxicologist at the University of California-Santa Cruz who was a lead author of the study. "The population is not self-sustaining." The problem is that condors -- the birds with the largest wingspan in North America -- are scavengers. They eat dead deer, pigs and other animals, often that hunters have shot. In doing so, they ingest bullet fragments, and are poisoned. Responding to the problem, former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a law in 2007 to ban the use of hunting with lead bullets, slugs or buckshot in the condors' range, which extends from Los Angeles County to the Alameda-Santa Clara county line. But it hasn't worked. Birds analyzed before the law took effect had blood levels the same as birds analyzed after the law took effect. The reason, said Finkelstein, is because a condor can dine on between 75 and 150 dead animals a year. "If just one has a lead bullet fragment, that can be enough to kill the bird," she said. Condors, whose wingspan can reach 9 feet , once ranged from British Columbia to Mexico. But because of habitat loss, hunting and lead poisoning, the majestic birds reached a low of just 22 nationwide by the early 1980s. In a desperate gamble to stave off extinction, federal biologists captured all remaining wild condors in 1987 and began breeding them in zoos. The birds' offspring have been gradually released back to the wild. Today the California condor population has grown to 386. Of those, 213 live in the wild at Big Sur, Pinnacles National Monument in San Benito County, Southern California, Arizona and Baja California. The other 173 condors live in captivity, at places such as the Los Angeles Zoo, where the birds are bred. Although the population growth has been impressive over the past 25 years, it is deceptive, the researchers in Monday's study, which was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found. Every free-flying condor has a radio or GPS collar to track it. Nearly all of them are captured twice a year and tested for lead. A few chicks have been born Video: Condors and lead bullets Video from QUEST on KQED Public Media. in the wild, but biologists still leave out food, such as still born calves, for the birds to eat so their population can have a chance to grow. Monday's study, which also looked at lead levels in condor feathers, confirmed that the lead in the birds is coming from bullets, rather than other sources such as old paint chips, by matching the isotope levels of lead in bullets to the lead in the condors. Researchers were surprised, Finkelstein said, by the extensive poisoning. For example, 30 percent of all birds captured every year have lead levels that while not potentially fatal, can block reproduction, and cause immune system problems. And 20 percent of the birds captured every year have levels that could kill them if not treated with chelation, a process where condors are taken to animal hospitals, and fed calcium-based drugs that bind to the lead and help them pass it naturally. But that process also strips nutrients, and can result in the birds being hospitalized for a month or more. Any change in the lead bullet rules, such as a statewide ban, is certain to be met with political push back from hunters and gun rights groups. Arizona has a voluntary program to reduce the use of lead bullets because of condor issues. In California, the state Department of Fish and Game, along with some hunting and environmental groups, have worked to promote the ban in condor habitat, but there is little enforcement, and ranchers or hunters can still use lead bullets and shot, which are cheaper than other types of ammunition, with little risk of getting caught. Earlier this month, the Center for Biological Diversity, an environmental group based in Tucson, filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in an attempt to force the agency to start a public process that could eventually lead to controls, or bans, on lead ammunition. The EPA has said it does not have the authority. Paul Rogers covers resources and environmental issues. Contact him at 408-920-5045. Follow him at Twitter.com/PaulRogersSJMN -- Marcelle SteppingStones - EcoSac Shopping Bag System Toll Free: (800) 926-1017 Local: (805) 927-1017 Fax: (805) 927-3275 www.bags4you.com service AT bags4you.com Saving on paper & plastic since 1989, providing the highest quality reusable cotton and organic cotton bags & the BEST customer service! *EcoSacs* are truly "green": renewable (sustainable), reusable, (washable) and, recyclable! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor Subject: RE: M. Tyner newsletter article From: "Michael Feighner" <feinerVogel94551 AT comcast.net> Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2012 22:07:31 -0700 Use this address for article on Mike Tyner: http://www.morrocoastaudubon.org/pdf/jun12.pdf Winston Churchill:  "There is nothing wrong with change, if it is in the right direction." -- Michael Feighner Livermore, CA, Alameda County http://www.linkedIn.com/in/michaelfeighner http://cmbestpractices.com/ -----Original Message----- From: Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com [mailto:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of steve schubert Sent: Monday, June 04, 2012 8:10 PM To: Hi_MountainCondor Subject: [CondorLookoutProject] M. Tyner newsletter article Hello all, The June issue of the Morro Coast Audubon Society's Flyway newsletter features a nice article about Mike Tyner on pages 3-4, written by Dr. Francis Villablanca, and also on page 6 a story about 'Miracle', the condor recently sighted in San Luis Obispo County near Pt. Buchon on PG&E lands, a day later spotted in Montana De Oro State Park, and the next day flying over the town of Morro Bay. Here is the link: http://www.morrocoastaudubon.org/pdf/jun12.pdf Steve Schubert http://www.condorlookout.org/ http://www.facebook.com/condorlookout ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor Subject: M. Tyner newsletter article From: "steve schubert" <s_schub1 AT msn.com> Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2012 20:10:21 -0700 Hello all, The June issue of the Morro Coast Audubon Society's Flyway newsletter features a nice article about Mike Tyner on pages 3-4, written by Dr. Francis Villablanca, and also on page 6 a story about 'Miracle', the condor recently sighted in San Luis Obispo County near Pt. Buchon on PG&E lands, a day later spotted in Montana De Oro State Park, and the next day flying over the town of Morro Bay. Here is the link: http://www.morrocoastaudubon.org/pdf/jun12.pdf Steve Schubert http://www.condorlookout.org/ http://www.facebook.com/condorlookout [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor Subject: Fw: new Hi Mountain facebook link From: "steve schubert" <s_schub1 AT msn.com> Date: Sat, 26 May 2012 16:51:16 -0700 Hello all, If you have not 'liked' the Hi Mountain Lookout Project facebook page yet, take a look! http://www.facebook.com/condorlookout Steve Schubert http://www.condorlookout.org/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor Subject: Memorial Fund donations From: "steve schubert" <s_schub1 AT msn.com> Date: Sat, 26 May 2012 11:59:56 -0700 Thank-you to everyone who solicited fundraising items, donated, contributed, bid, and attended (or sent their best wishes if they couldn't attend) the event for Mike's Memorial at Hi Mountain Lookout on May 19th that helped raise money for "Mike's Fund" for interns at Hi Mountain Lookout. The Mike Tyner Memorial Fund now stands at more than $1,700. At the memorial event last weekend $949 was raised from cash donations and the fundraising raffle and silent auction, with additional pledges and contributions expected to be coming in. The fund will support the annual internship program at Hi Mountain Lookout. Future Hi Mountain Lookout social events, fundraising raffles/auctions, and guided field trips to "Condor Country" to observe free-flying California Condors are in the planning stages. Your contributions and generosity are greatly appreciated! Mike Tyner Memorial Fund Cash Donations Morro Coast Audubon Society Marcelle Bakula Joel Weiss Annie Gillespie Lisa Andreano Nancy Tyner Francis Villablanca Fundraiser Donors/ Items Black Horse Coffee, San Luis Obispo - coffee beans, gift cert. CA State Parks/Hearst Castle, c/0 John Russo & David Berry - passes (4) Cal Poly/ El Corral Bookstore c/o Theresa Kaiser - hand lens, ceramic mug, to go mug, hat, sticker, Burt's Bees goodies California Native Plant Society, Sacramento Chapter - Native garden book California Native Plant Society, San Luis Obispo Chapter - Wild Flower Books (4) California State Parks c/o Vince Cicero, State Parks Resource Staff - native plants (6) Chiropractor, Sobyl Bunis - $150 gift certificate Creekside Brewing Company, San Luis Obispo - $30 gift card, 4 pint glasses Eagle Optics, Middleton, WI - Ranger Binoculars Eureka! Burger, San Luis Obispo - $30 gift card Friends of the California Condor, USFWS c/o Friends Group, Ventura - T-shirts (2), stuffed condor animals (4) Lisa Andreano, Los Osos -1 Dockside hat, 3 kids books, The Art of Instruction, botanical card sets Marvin Daniels, Pismo Beach, California Rare Fruit Growers - 2 Fuji apple trees Mike Walgren, Los Osos - Monterey Aquarium Passes (2) Morro Bay National Estuary Program, Morro Bay - Water bottle, 4 kids books, shopping bag/tote Mountain Air Sports, San Luis Obispo - Daypack Nancy and Tom Greenough, Saucelito Canyon Winery, San Luis Obispo - 4 bottles of wine Palm Theatre, San Luis Obispo - tickets (4) Russ White, Enlarged nature photos (4) [one 12x36; two 12x24 and one 8x10] Santa Barbara Zoo - VIP passes (8), Gift Baskets (2) Squeaks, Chirps and Bubbles, Los Osos - Free pet wash Steve Schubert, Los Osos - Peregrine Falcon book Trader Joe's, San Luis Obispo - Bag of Goodies Turn to Nature, San Luis Obispo - Endangered Species Kid's Book (4) US Fish and Wildlife Service, Ventura - Condor books (kids and adults), greeting cards Volumes of Pleasure, Los Osos - $30 gift cert. Wild Birds Unlimited, San Luis Obispo - Conservation Bird Book, Stoke's Field Guide with CD Wild Donkey Cafe‚ San Luis Obispo - $100 gift card donation Wild Lens, Inc., Boise ID - T-shirt (2), small condor prints (2) Donate to the Mike Tyner Memorial Fund Please make checks payable to: MCAS-Hi Mountain Lookout (write in 'M.Tyner Fund' on the notes space) Donate by mail: Morro Coast Audubon, PO Box 1507, Morro Bay, CA 93443 Donate on-line: To donate online with a credit card, simply visit Morro Coast Audubon's donation page here. Choose: Dedication or Gift (To make a donation in memory of Mike, please enter Mike Tyner's name). Donations are tax deductible (Tax ID # 23-7165021) A 2012 Tax receipts will be sent to you from MCAS Hi Mountain Lookout Project: http://www.condorlookout.org/ http://www.facebook.com/condorlookout [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor Subject: OVER 400 now! Yahoo! From: Marcelle <marcelle AT bags4you.com> Date: Tue, 22 May 2012 18:49:34 -0700 Calif. Condor: read in an on-line newspaper article (Hispanic Business) http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/2012/5/22/california_condors_coming_back_after_near.htm /Calif. Condor population just topped 400 -- 405 to be precise -- the most since the effort to save the species began 30 years ago! / fyi: At the Lookout this weekend, David from VWS said they have 3-4 nests & he thought that BNWR has 6-8! Onward & upward! -- Marcelle SteppingStones - EcoSac Shopping Bag System Toll Free: (800) 926-1017 Local: (805) 927-1017 Fax: (805) 927-3275 www.bags4you.com service AT bags4you.com Saving on paper & plastic since 1989, providing the highest quality reusable cotton and organic cotton bags & the BEST customer service! *EcoSacs* are truly "green": renewable (sustainable), reusable, (washable) and, recyclable! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor Subject: memorial event at the lookout From: "steve schubert" <s_schub1 AT msn.com> Date: Mon, 21 May 2012 23:32:22 -0700 Hello all, The Mike Tyner Memorial Event at Hi Mountain Lookout on May 19th was attended by many family, friends, and colleagues. It was a sunny day with a brisk offshore breeze, folks socializing and sharing fond memories of Mike, potluck lunch, and a raffle and silent auction fundraiser for the memorial fund that will help support future internships at Hi Mountain Lookout. Several stayed for the sunset viewing and overnight campout. Thank-you to all the event planners and attendees. It was a nice way to commemorate all of Mike's contributions over the years to the Lookout Project and the Condor Recovery Program, and reminisce about the many ways Mike impacted the lives of all those who came his way. He is missed. Photos are posted at the Hi Mountain Lookout facebook page in the 'Mike Tyner Memorial Event' photo album. Steve Schubert http://www.condorlookout.org/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor Subject: eBird Report - Hi Mountain Lookout, May 19, 2012 From: "steve schubert" <s_schub1 AT msn.com> Date: Sun, 20 May 2012 19:15:34 -0700 Hi Mountain-- Hi Mountain Lookout, San Luis Obispo, US-CA May 19, 2012 9:45 AM - 11:45 AM Protocol: Area 10.0 ac Comments: 9:45am-4:00pm: sunny, light-moderate NE offshore winds morning thru afternoon, shifting to light onshore winds late afternoon; afternoon temp. mid-70's e-bird checklist submitted by S. Schubert 10 species Turkey Vulture 7 Golden Eagle 1 White-throated Swift 1 Anna's Hummingbird 8 Ash-throated Flycatcher 2 Western Scrub-Jay 1 Common Raven 2 Bewick's Wren 2 Wrentit 5 Spotted Towhee 3 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor Subject: Hi Mountain Mike Tyner's Memorial Event: May 18th-20th: From: "steve schubert" <s_schub1 AT msn.com> Date: Sat, 12 May 2012 09:23:00 -0700 In Memory of Mike Tyner Brother, son, uncle, cousin, biologist, friend, student, teacher, mentor. Mike Tyner dedicated his life to the understanding and protection of nature. He died on November 30th, 2011, while protecting the birds that he loved in Big Sur. Mike graduated from Cal Poly SLO with a degree in Ecology and Systematic Biology in 2003. He got his start in field biology at the Hi Mountain Condor Lookout, and eventually became the field supervisor for the Ventana Wildlife Society's Condor Recovery Program. Mike was an avid birder, botanist, naturalist, and a beloved friend to many. He was a positive and influential force in the world, spreading his love and enthusiasm for nature to all of those that he touched. Mike is gone, but he will never forgotten, especially not at Hi Mountain. Please come celebrate his life with us on Saturday May 19th at one of Mike's favorite places..the Hi Mountain Condor Lookout. Mike's Memorial Event Schedule Friday, May 18th 5:30 PM PRE-PARTY for hosts and others who want to come up early. 7:30 PM - On-your-own dinner 8:30 PM - Owling From the Lookout or Hi Mt Road Saturday, May 19th 9-11 AM WORK-LIKE-MIKE-WOULD-HAVE-WORKED WORK PARTY ! Weeding, painting of cistern, roof re-seal 10:30 AM Guests meet in Pozo (shuttle available to the Lookout) 11:00 AM - Guests arrive Introductions, sharing and remembering Mike, Donations to Mike Tyner Memorial Internship Fund 12:00 PM-ish - Pot-luck - Bring something to share and your own place-setting/dishware/cup. Last name: A-F: Salads, G-L: Main dishes, M-R: sides or deserts, S-Z: Drinks Afternoon Activities (from lunch until departures) - Finish morning work projects as needed, 360 degree Points of Interest tour, Natural History Walk to the Gate, Hike to Hi Valley, Birding, Rest and relaxation 3:00 PM - shuttle available back down to Pozo 5:00-5:30 PM - Later ride down to Pozo tbd - Wine tasting 7:00 PM - Remembering Mike Tyner slide show Bring you own dinner (left over pot-luck items) Overnight Camping - RSVP needed (no open fires) Sunday, May 20th Wake up, relax, hike, shut down the Lookout Donate to the Mike Tyner Memorial Internship Fund Please make checks payable to: MCAS-Hi Mountain Lookout (write in 'M.Tyner Fund' on the notes space) Donate by mail: Morro Coast Audubon, PO Box 1507, Morro Bay, CA 93443 Donate on-line: To donate online with a credit card, simply visit Morro Coast Audubon's donation page here. Choose: Dedication or Gift (To make a donation in memory of Mike, please enter Mike Tyner's name. You will have a chance to send an eCard to his family at the end of making a donation, if you know their email address). The Hi Mountain staff will notify the family of your donation as well. Donations are tax deductible (Tax ID # 23-7165021) A 2012 Tax receipts will be sent to you from MCAS Also items can be donated to the silent auction and raffle that will be held at the Memorial Event. All types of Donations are welcome! Contact with questions or for more information: Steve Schubert 805-528-6138; Francis Villablanca, 805-748-1014; Marcelle 805-927-1017; Joel Weiss 805-801-6236. Directions and a map to the Hi Mt. Lookout are here. http://www.facebook.com/events/352609538129147/?notif_t=plan_user_joined Please spread the word! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor Subject: Outdoor Discovery Festival From: "steve schubert" <s_schub1 AT msn.com> Date: Wed, 9 May 2012 21:33:24 -0700 Hello all, This Saturday the Hi Mountain Lookout Project exhibit will be staffed by Sara at the Outdoor Discovery Festival at Lopez Lake Recreation Area. Stop by to say 'hello', bring the kids and friends, and participate in the day's activities. Parking permits cost $10 per vehicle. Here is the publicity for the event: Discover the Outdoors with San Luis Obispo County Parks at Lopez Lake Recreation Area on Saturday May 12, 2012 from 11:00am to 5:00pm! The Outdoor Discovery Festival is sure to have something for everyone in the family to enjoy! Activities include nature boat cruises, guided hikes, DEER program challenge, nature art gallery, arts and craft vendors, and an Outdoor Recreation Fair with exhibits and demonstrations showcasing the many activities available in our County Parks as well as local sporting and eco-friendly vendors. Grab a bite to eat from one of many local food vendors while enjoying live music by Zongo All Stars, Cuesta Ridge, and EDub & DJ Chookie of Morning Rise Sound! Let us show you what we have to offer at San Luis Obispo County Parks. If you like hiking, biking, bird watching, horseback riding, fishing, camping, boating, water sports, or golf... this is the place to be! Come play outdoors with us and participate in the DEER program challenge to earn a prize! Learn how to track animals, read a compass, identify birds, paddle a kayak, and so much more! The Discovering the Environment through Education and Recreation (DEER) program is focused at providing outdoor education and recreation opportunities for the youth in our community. Park Rangers lead children on exciting outdoor excursions as they learn nature preservation skills, camping etiquette, and how to fish among many other outdoor activities. Directions: Driving North or South on Highway 101, take the Grand Avenue Exit in Arroyo Grande. Turn east towards the mountains and drive through old town Arroyo Grande to Huasna Road. Turn right onto Huasna Road, which turns into Lopez Drive. Stay on Lopez Drive for approximately 10 miles. At this point the road ends at the entrance to Lopez Lake. (Signs are posted along the way.) The festival will be held at the Vista Lago Picnic Area. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor Subject: [slocobirding] Re: condor in Morro Bay? From: "steve schubert" <s_schub1 AT msn.com> Date: Wed, 9 May 2012 20:08:21 -0700 The condor was seen today in Morro Bay!.... From: Kaaren Perry To: slocobirding AT yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2012 4:48 PM Subject: [slocobirding] Re: condor in Morro Bay? Earlier today I reported a juv. Bald Eagle in my neighborhood. I had based my id on the fact that it was a very large dark raptor with white wing linings. The look I got was for about 2 seconds as flew past my window, trying to dodge a group of harassing crows. In addition to the obvious plumage coloration and large size, I also noticed a distinctive molt pattern of the tail and secondaries as it headed south. Since posting that report I have been made aware of a photo taken of a bird that was circulated today in the SLO Tribune of a California Condor, seen yesterday between Montana de Oro and Diablo Canyon. The molt pattern of the bird in the photo is an identical match to what I had observed with todays raptor. Todays bird was missing a large chunk of tail feathers and also missing a few secondaries, on both the right and the left wings. Two spaces in the secondaries were noticed on the left wing. I believe it is safe to say....a California Condor was seen today in Morro Bay! I spent the rest of the afternoon trying to re-find the bird with the hope of getting a photo but was unable to relocate it. "When you hear hoof beats think horses, not zebras" Today I guess I should have thought zebras! Huge thanks to Mary Romero for her post alerting us to her sighting and thoughts on this bird. New yard bird: California Condor! Kaaren Perry Morro Bay [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor Subject: condor sightings in SLO CO From: "steve schubert" <s_schub1 AT msn.com> Date: Wed, 9 May 2012 00:17:34 -0700 A condor was also reported today in flight over Coon Creek in Montana De Oro State Park. Probably the same I.D. as the condor found yesterday on the coast at Pt. Buchon. Four condors were also reported over the Santa Lucia Mountains near Hearst Castle in April...these are recent reports in San Luis Obispo County after a dearth of condor sightings the past several years. Steve Schubert www.condorlookout.org From: Chris Arndt To: Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2012 7:42 AM Subject: [CondorLookoutProject] 538 Miracle spotted along Pecho Coast trail/Pt. Buchon John Lindsey mentioned this event this morning several times during his weather forecasts on the KVEC Morning News. The condor was seen, photographed, and IDed by PG&E field biologists working in the Pt. Buchon area. Chris [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor Subject: 538 Miracle spotted along Pecho Coast trail/Pt. Buchon From: Chris Arndt <chris AT tbo.net> Date: Tue, 08 May 2012 07:42:48 -0700 John Lindsey mentioned this event this morning several times during his weather forecasts on the KVEC Morning News. The condor was seen, photographed, and IDed by PG&E field biologists working in the Pt. Buchon area. Chris ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor Subject: Outdoor Discovery Festival From: "steve schubert" <s_schub1 AT msn.com> Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2012 08:53:00 -0700 The Hi Mountain Lookout Project exhibit will be set up at the Outdoor Discovery Festival at Lopez Lake on May 12th. Stop by to say 'hello' to Sara and Fred staffing the exhibit. Below is the publicity for the event: Discover the Outdoors with San Luis Obispo County Parks at Lopez Lake Recreation Area on Saturday May 12, 2012 from 11:00am to 5:00pm! The Outdoor Discovery Festival is sure to have something for everyone in the family to enjoy! Activities include nature boat cruises, guided hikes, DEER program challenge, nature art gallery, arts and craft vendors, and an Outdoor Recreation Fair with exhibits and demonstrations showcasing the many activities available in our County Parks as well as local sporting and eco-friendly vendors. Grab a bite to eat from one of many local food vendors while enjoying live music by Zongo All Stars, Cuesta Ridge, and EDub & DJ Chookie of Morning Rise Sound! Let us show you what we have to offer at San Luis Obispo County Parks. If you like hiking, biking, bird watching, horseback riding, fishing, camping, boating and golfing... this is the place to be! Come play outdoors with us and participate in the DEER program challenge to earn a prize! Learn how to track animals, read a compass, identify birds, paddle a kayak, and so much more! The Discovering the Environment through Education and Recreation (DEER) program is focused at providing outdoor education and recreation opportunities for the youth in our community. Park Rangers lead children on exciting outdoor excursions as they learn nature preservation skills, camping etiquette, and how to fish among many other outdoor activities. Through the DEER program, youth and their families learn how to recreate while preserving and protecting our Natural Resources. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor Subject: MCAS Alert! Community Program From: "steve schubert" <s_schub1 AT msn.com> Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 19:49:59 -0700 From: mcas AT morrocoastaudubon.org Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 8:11 AM Subject: MCAS Alert! Community Program Morro Coast Audubon Society Program Hi Mountain Condor Lookout / Analysis of Barn Owls in Integrated Pest Management Presented by Hannah Tillmann Monday, April 16 at 7pm Location: SLO Botanical Garden Oak Glen Pavilion in El Chorro Park (across from Cuesta College) Two topics will be presented for this Morro Coast Audubon Society program by Cal Poly graduate Hannah Tillmann. First, she will discuss work occurring at Hi Mountain Condor Lookout by Cal Poly interns focusing on pre-burn small mammal diversity as well as the location and identification of rare species never before documented in the Los Padres Hi Mountain area. Second, Hannah will present her research and senior project on the dietary analysis of Barn Owls in Central California vineyards in order to determine efficiency of Barn Owls in pest management. All MCAS Community Programs are free and open to the public. Refreshments will be provided, bring your own mug. As always, all ages are welcome. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor Subject: good news! From: Marcelle <marcelle AT bags4you.com> Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 08:04:32 -0700 from: http://www.montereyherald.com/news/ci_20374625/rush-lead-free-bullets-exhausts-funds-ammo-giveaway Rush for lead-free bullets exhausts funds for ammo giveaway *Ventana Wildlife Society takes 500 orders worth $37,000* By KEVIN HOWE Herald Staff Writer Posted: 04/11/2012 03:49:22 PM PDT Updated: 04/11/2012 08:36:19 PM PDT Ventana Wildlife Society has run out of money for its free non-lead ammunition giveaway. "We've had a success catastrophe," said Ventana executive director Kelly Sorenson. After the offer went public March 26, he said, Ventana Wildlife received 500 orders from hunters and ranchers for ammo that can be used legally in the California condor range, which includes Monterey and San Benito counties. Of those, 350 have been processed, Sorenson said, and the hunting supply store chain Cabela's has shipped about 200 of the orders, which should be arriving this week. Ventana Wildlife Society offered to provide hunters two 20-round boxes of non-lead rifle ammunition available in 22 different calibers, or two boxes of 50 non-lead rifle bullets to reloaders in 12 calibers. The influx of orders amounted to more than $37,000 worth of ammo, Sorenson said, exhausting the giveaway fund, which was provided by private donations. The society didn't expect such a big response, he said, adding that a number of hunters have expressed distrust and anger over the lead bullet ban, deeming it an anti-hunting, anti-gun measure. The society is in the process of verifying the ages of hunters who placed the remaining 150 orders for ammunition, Sorenson said. "We don't want to ship ammunition to minors," he said. Some additional funds have been collected, bringing the total to $50,000 for the program, he said, and the society will hold random drawings for free ammo next month. Interested hunters and ranchers in Monterey and San Benito counties may apply at www.ventanaws.org/ammunition . The 2008 Ridley-Tree Condor Preservation Act requires the use of non-lead ammunition in the condor range in California. Lead poisoning from spent lead ammunition in the food supply of the endangered California condor remains the No. 1 hurdle to full recovery for the species in the wild, Sorenson said. According to a report issued by UC Santa Cruz scientists, lead poisoning of condors has been traced to their ingesting fragments of lead ammunition found in carcasses of animals that were shot and not recovered in the field or from the piles of entrails left in the field when a hunter guts an animal he or she has killed. In 1987, the last free-flying California condor was captured from the wild, and an effort was initiated to save the species from extinction by raising the birds in captivity. Condors have been released in Big Sur by Ventana Wildlife Society since 1997 and at Pinnacles National Monument by the National Park Service since 2003. Sorenson said there are 62 condors living in the wild in Central California, with a total population in the wild and in zoos of 386 birds, up from 22 living condors in the 1980s. -- Marcelle SteppingStones - EcoSac Shopping Bag System Toll Free: (800) 926-1017 Local: (805) 927-1017 Fax: (805) 927-3275 www.bags4you.com service AT bags4you.com Saving on paper & plastic since 1989, providing the highest quality reusable cotton and organic cotton bags & the BEST customer service! *EcoSacs* are truly "green": renewable (sustainable), reusable, (washable) and, recyclable! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor Subject: [slocobirding] April 16th MCAS Community Program From: "steve schubert" <s_schub1 AT msn.com> Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2012 12:10:25 -0700 From: jiwanicha To: slocobirding AT yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2012 10:05 AM Subject: [slocobirding] April 16th MCAS Community Program I hope you can join us for our next Morro Coast Audubon Society Program. It will be on: Hi Mountain Condor Lookout / Analysis of Barn Owls in Integrated Pest Management Presented by Hannah Tillmann Monday, April 16 at 7pm Location: SLO Botanical Garden Oak Glen Pavilion in El Chorro Park (across from Cuesta College) Two topics will be presented for this Morro Coast Audubon Society program by Cal Poly graduate Hannah Tillmann. First, she will discuss work occurring at Hi Mountain Condor Lookout by Cal Poly interns focusing on pre-burn small mammal diversity as well as the location and identification of rare species never before documented in the Los Padres Hi Mountain area. Second, Hannah will present her research and senior project on the dietary analysis of Barn Owls in Central California vineyards in order to determine efficiency of Barn Owls in pest management. All MCAS Community Programs are free and open to the public. Refreshments will be provided, bring your own mug. As always, all ages are welcome. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor Subject: memorial event, May 19th From: "steve schubert" <s_schub1 AT msn.com> Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2012 10:02:10 -0700 Mike Tyner Memorial Event Saturday, May 19th Hi Mountain Lookout Join us for a day in commemoration of Mike's life and his inspirational contributions to the Hi Mountain Lookout Project and California Condor Recovery Program. Volunteer work projects, picnic lunch, and an optional overnight campout will be part of the day's activities. More details and publicity will follow mid-month, so mark your calendars and we are looking forward to a gathering of friends, family, and colleagues. 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The chick has arrived! http://www.sandiegozooglobal.org/video/condor_cam -- Marcelle SteppingStones - EcoSac Shopping Bag System Toll Free: (800) 926-1017 Local: (805) 927-1017 Fax: (805) 927-3275 www.bags4you.com service AT bags4you.com Saving on paper & plastic since 1989, providing the highest quality reusable cotton and organic cotton bags & the BEST customer service! *EcoSacs* are truly "green": renewable (sustainable), reusable, (washable) and, recyclable! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor Subject: Re: Quick! Check the condor cam From: Carolina Van Stone <carolina792 AT earthlink.net> Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2012 21:51:53 -0800 Marcelle, Do you have any names in mind? I have a Chumash book...I think I might have a go after studying a bit. Cool post! Thank you. Carolina On Mar 8, 2012, at 7:24 PM, Marcelle wrote: > > /Several sources have picked up this story (ex. SF Chronicle) I copied > from Fallbrook Village News: http://www.thevillagenews.com/story/62297// > *San Diego Zoo makes hatching of California condor available online* > Thursday, March 8^th , 2012 > Issue 10, Volume 16. > > SAN DIEGO - A California condor chick is about to hatch at the San > Diego > Zoo, a process that can be viewed over the Internet, park officials > announced today. > > Zoo officials said the egg began to pip -- the process of the chick > breaking through the egg shell from the inside -- this morning. The > pipping period can take two to three days until the chick hatches, > they > said. > > Viewers of the "Condor Cam" -- *sandiegozooglobal.org/video/condor- > cam* > - - may see the chick's beak protrude through the egg shell or the > parents gently removing broken eggshell fragments to help their > offspring emerge. > > The public can suggest names for the chick in the Chumash language via > postings on the San Diego Zoo Global Wildlife Conservancy's wall at > facebook.com/sdzglobal or by tweeting to twitter.com/sdzglobal and > using > the hashtag #CondorName. > > Suggestions will be accepted through March 15. > > Condor keepers will pick their favorite ideas and the people who > suggested them will receive a special prize. The public will get to > vote > for their favorite name later this month. > > The chick's father is named Sisquoc, after the first protected space > set > aside for condors in 1937 in the Los Padres National Forest. Sisquoc > is > a Chumash word that means "in the thick tule." > > The mother, who laid the egg Jan. 13, is named Shatash. > -- > > Marcelle > SteppingStones - EcoSac Shopping Bag System > Toll Free: (800) 926-1017 > Local: (805) 927-1017 > Fax: (805) 927-3275 > www.bags4you.com > service AT bags4you.com > Saving on paper & plastic since 1989, providing the highest quality > reusable cotton and organic cotton bags & the BEST customer service! > *EcoSacs* are truly "green": renewable (sustainable), reusable, > (washable) and, recyclable! > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor Subject: Quick! Check the condor cam From: Marcelle <marcelle AT bags4you.com> Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2012 19:24:16 -0800 /Several sources have picked up this story (ex. SF Chronicle) I copied from Fallbrook Village News: http://www.thevillagenews.com/story/62297// *San Diego Zoo makes hatching of California condor available online* Thursday, March 8^th , 2012 Issue 10, Volume 16. SAN DIEGO - A California condor chick is about to hatch at the San Diego Zoo, a process that can be viewed over the Internet, park officials announced today. Zoo officials said the egg began to pip -- the process of the chick breaking through the egg shell from the inside -- this morning. The pipping period can take two to three days until the chick hatches, they said. Viewers of the "Condor Cam" -- *sandiegozooglobal.org/video/condor-cam* - - may see the chick's beak protrude through the egg shell or the parents gently removing broken eggshell fragments to help their offspring emerge. The public can suggest names for the chick in the Chumash language via postings on the San Diego Zoo Global Wildlife Conservancy's wall at facebook.com/sdzglobal or by tweeting to twitter.com/sdzglobal and using the hashtag #CondorName. Suggestions will be accepted through March 15. Condor keepers will pick their favorite ideas and the people who suggested them will receive a special prize. The public will get to vote for their favorite name later this month. The chick's father is named Sisquoc, after the first protected space set aside for condors in 1937 in the Los Padres National Forest. Sisquoc is a Chumash word that means "in the thick tule." The mother, who laid the egg Jan. 13, is named Shatash. -- Marcelle SteppingStones - EcoSac Shopping Bag System Toll Free: (800) 926-1017 Local: (805) 927-1017 Fax: (805) 927-3275 www.bags4you.com service AT bags4you.com Saving on paper & plastic since 1989, providing the highest quality reusable cotton and organic cotton bags & the BEST customer service! *EcoSacs* are truly "green": renewable (sustainable), reusable, (washable) and, recyclable! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor Subject: more eggs! From: Marcelle <marcelle AT bags4you.com> Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:30:27 -0800 from: http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2012/02/oregon_zoos_california_condors_1.html *Oregon Zoo's California Condor eggs at 6 eggs and counting this busy breeding season* At the Oregon Zoo , it's half a dozen and counting -- California condor eggs, that is. With two eggs arriving last week, the zoo's breeding program,part of a larger effort to restore the critically endangered species, is on track to deliver perhaps as many as eight chicks this season, says Kelli Walker, lead condor keeper. "Each new egg," Walker says, "is critical to the survival of the species." Condor egg-laying and hatching season is seldom without drama in the zoo's breeding facilities, a large barn and flight pens at the Jonsson Center for Wildlife Conservation in rural Clackamas County. This season is no exception. When Walker found a small hole in one eggshell earlier this month, she washed it with sterile water, applied diluted antiseptic and covered the hole with a thin layer of glue. When she "candled" it -- held it up to a bright light to check for signs it was fertile -- everything looked OK, so she's hopeful the chick will hatch normally. The same day, a pair of condor parents squabbled over a freshly laid egg, which always is risky. Adult condors can step on the fist-sized, gray-green eggs or knock them out of their second-story nests, causing irreparable damage. Keepers, who monitor action in the nest through remote video cameras, quickly pulled the egg in question from the nest, replacing it with a dummy egg. The real egg will either be returned shortly before hatching to a pair less inclined to bicker or it will hatch in an incubator. The season's first egg, laid Jan. 30, should hatch after 54 to 58 days, in late March. The zoo in 2003 joined the effort to breed California condors, North America's largest land birds, with winspans up to 10 feet. About 20 Oregon-bred condors have been sent to field pens, with most of those released to the wild. In 1982, only 22 wild condors were known to exist. As of Jan. 31 -- the last count -- the population stood at 388, with 171 in captivity, including 42 at the Oregon Zoo, and 217 birds flying free in Central and Southern California, Arizona and northern Mexico. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor Subject: donations From: "steve schubert" <s_schub1 AT msn.com> Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2012 15:59:03 -0800 The Hi Mountain Lookout Project has received the following donations. Thank-you! Supplies and materials: Sara Silverberg, Arroyo Grande -- plastic cups, plates, napkins, bowls & silverware Marcelle Bakula, Cambria -- fixing/reframing interpretive center photos Financial donations: Michael and Phyllis Hischier, San Luis Obispo Paul and Judith Burkhardt, Creston Donations can be made by writing a check to 'MCAS Hi Mountain Project" and mailing to: Morro Coast Audubon Society Po Box 1507 Morro Bay, CA 93443-1507 Contributions are tax deductible under IRS Code 501(c)(3). Morro Coast Audubon Society tax I.D. # 23-7165021 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor Subject: GOOD news ! From: Marcelle <marcelle AT bags4you.com> Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:12:08 -0800 from newsletter of Center for Biological Diversity: *California Judge Rules _Against_ 41-Acre Exurb Near Tejon Ranch * California condor After litigation by the Center for Biological Diversity and allies, a superior court judge has struck down plans for a large housing development -- including 41 acres of houses and condos -- to be built in the Frazier Mountain area of southern Kern County, Calif. This sensitive, rugged mountainous area is home to highly endangered California condors and other sensitive species, including North America's fastest land animal, the pronghorn. The plan was for an area west of Tejon Ranch's massive Tejon Mountain Village -- another, even more massive project, which threatens a wide array of wildlife. The Center has been fighting Tejon Ranch development for years. "This is an extremely important habitat area for scores of threatened, endangered and rare species, including the California condor, so it's important that any development be carefully thought out," said Adam Keats, the Center's urban wildlands director. "This is a huge victory for smart planning." Check out ourpress release and learn about our campaign tosave Tejon Ranch . -- Marcelle SteppingStones - EcoSac Shopping Bag System Toll Free: (800) 926-1017 Local: (805) 927-1017 Fax: (805) 927-3275 www.bags4you.com service AT bags4you.com Saving on paper & plastic since 1989, providing the highest quality reusable cotton and organic cotton bags & the BEST customer service! *EcoSacs* are truly "green": renewable (sustainable), reusable, (washable) and, recyclable! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor Subject: Issues (lead and trash) From: Marcelle <marcelle AT bags4you.com> Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:21:25 -0800 (from U-T San Diego News) http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/feb/06/tp-fledgling-effort-to-boost-wild-condor/?page=2#article FLEDGLING EFFORT TO BOOST WILD CONDOR POPULATION Human-caused threats such as lead poisoning pose major obstacle Written byMike Lee The San Diego Zoo made conservation history 30 years ago by adopting a California condor chick and raising it at what is now the Safari Park. The known free-ranging population at the time was 22 birds --- a number that fell to zero in 1987 when the last wild condor was taken captive in hopes of preventing extinction. It was the first time since the Pleistocene era that no condor soared over North America. Today, pioneering work has boosted the wild condor population to 210 across the Southwest and Baja California, and decades of research has advanced techniques for boosting avian recovery initiatives more broadly. But human-caused threats pose the major obstacle for wild condors to survive without costly intervention by wildlife agencies and nonprofit groups, according to a_new journal paper_ by scientists at the zoo's Institute for Conservation Research and elsewhere. It shows that lead poisoning and eating garbage such as bottle caps are the biggest dangers to the iconic, baldheaded birds. "Here again, we are at another crossroads," said co-author *Joseph Brandt,* supervisory biologist for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Ventura. "We have a (wild) population established, and now we need to face down or correct the threats that we see the population being exposed to." Condors are something of a state symbol, memorialized on the California quarter. Wild ones --- with wingspans of nearly 10 feet --- are visible along the Central Coast and at the Grand Canyon. "People don't understand the magnitude and the grandeur of these animals," said Dan Taylor, executive director of Audubon California. "You not only see them, you hear them." The latest research, billed as the most comprehensive study ever of condor mortality in the wild, shows that man-made problems account for the majority of cases in which the cause of death could be determined. Trash ingestion was the biggest danger for nestlings, while juveniles and adults were hardest hit by lead poisoning. In all, 70 percent of the deaths were linked to people. The study found 135 wild condor deaths between 1992 and the end of 2009, including 98 that were given necropsies, mostly at the San Diego Zoo. The birds died several ways, including gunshots and collisions with power lines --- but the main problem was clear to the researchers. "The evidence is that it's really the ammunition that is the problem," said lead author Bruce Rideout at the zoo. "If we could do something about lead, we would virtually eliminate (unnatural) mortality problems in adult birds in the wild." Starting in mid-2008, California enforced a ban on lead-based ammunition for big-game hunters and others where condors range. Elsewhere, Arizona has an established voluntary program to minimize lead projectiles but condors also range into Utah, where similar efforts are less developed. California's law was designed to minimize the chances for condors to consume fragments of the soft metal when they scavenge, typically in groups. It can paralyze their digestive systems and lead to starvation. Warden Patrick Foy at the state Fish and Game Department said sportsmen initially resisted the move away from lead bullets; however, they have increasingly complied "Hunters have been gradually changing their practices," he said. "They are getting more accustomed to using them, which make the compliance issue much, much better." Rideout's research didn't cover enough time after the start of the lead-ammo ban to conclusively say what kind of effect it's had. "(The law) is a good first step, but we are going to need to do more to figure out how well it's working and where any gaps are occurring," he said. Bill Gaines, president of the hunting and conservation group California Outdoor Heritage Alliance, said it's time to look beyond hunters for sources of lead that have escaped detection. "If we have substantial compliance by the hunting community and lead is still a problem, we have to dig a little deeper," he said. "The science is incomplete." At Audubon California, Taylor said lead likely enters the environment from hunters who don't know the law and those who are ignoring it. He said the financially strapped Fish and Game Department can't do optimal levels of enforcement or public outreach. "We would like to see more sites established for condor reintroduction," Taylor said, stressing that he's against lead bullets, not hunting in general. "But until we get a handle on this lead question, that's probably not something that is feasible. So we have got to keep pushing forward to bring new processes, new regulations to control lead in the environment." Condor mortality would be much higher if it weren't for bird experts treating lead-poisoned birds. Brandt and other biologists monitor condors closely and look for signs of sickness, such as isolation from other condors and changes in the pecking order. Then, they perform a kind of testing and therapy similar to what's used in humans who suffer from lead. Brandt didn't know how much money has been spent on condor recovery efforts since the start, but he said investment by the federal government and its partners today tops $1 million annually. Work was complicated by the lack of information about captive breeding of condors at the start of the program, which forced biologists to develop methods on the fly. Along the way, they pioneered techniques such as taking eggs from condor nests to trick the birds into producing more. Taylor said condors are worth the time and money. "We are at or close to one of the most expensive recovery efforts that we have seen in this country," he said. "But what better focus than the largest land bird in North America? The risk ... required a radical response." as alternatives became more widespread. -- Marcelle SteppingStones - EcoSac Shopping Bag System Toll Free: (800) 926-1017 Local: (805) 927-1017 Fax: (805) 927-3275 www.bags4you.com service AT bags4you.com Saving on paper & plastic since 1989, providing the highest quality reusable cotton and organic cotton bags & the BEST customer service! *EcoSacs* are truly "green": renewable (sustainable), reusable, (washable) and, recyclable! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor Subject: Public Comment re: Calif. Condors (Tejon) From: Marcelle <marcelle AT bags4you.com> Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:46:32 -0800 *LEBEC, CA (Thursday, Feb. 2,2012 at 9:50 a.m.)---*The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Department this morning announced that a _public comment period has opened _regarding Tejon Ranch Company's revised 2009 Tehachapi Uplands Multi Species Habitat Conservation Plan (MSHCP). The 90-day comment period lasts until *May 3, 2012.* The document addresses ciritcal habitat concerns for the endangered *California condor*, which has been shown with radio telemetry to be repopulating sections of Tejon Ranch which had previously been intended by the developers to be included in the Tejon Mountain Village resort community, hotels and commercial sectors . Here is the announcement: *U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE ANNOUNCES THE OPENING OF A PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD ON TEJON RANCH ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTS * The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) is announcing an opportunity for public input on two draft documents that evaluate and would limit the environmental impacts to threatened and endangered species of planned residential development and ranch activities on Tejon Ranch in southern Kern County, California. The documents - a Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) and the Draft Tehachapi Uplands Multi-Species Habitat Conservation Plan (MSHCP) - are available for public review and comment until May 3, 2012. The SDEIS updates the analysis presented in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement and MSHCP that the Service released in February 2009. The revised SDEIS addresses public comments we received on the 2009 Draft Environmental Impact Statement, and considers a 2010 analysis by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) on occurrence of California condors in and around lands proposed to be covered by the MSHCP. The Service received an application from Tejon Ranch Company for an incidental take permit covering 27 listed and unlisted species, including the California condor, which may be taken or otherwise affected by on-going ranch activities and proposed low-density residential and commercial development activities on a portion of Tejon Ranch. Take is defined in the Federal Endangered Species Act (Act) as to harass, harm, pursue, wound, kill, hunt, capture, shoot, trap or collect a threatened or endangered species, or attempt to do any of these activities. An incidental take permit authorizes take of a listed species that may occur incidental to otherwise lawful activities. A new alternative, the Condor Critical Habitat Avoidance Alternative, has been added to the SDEIS to address several public comments suggesting that proposed development areas should be reconfigured to avoid federally designated critical habitat for the California condor. The 2010 USGS analysis identified individual condor home ranges for the population of California condors occupying southern California, and clarified that condors currently use, and are likely to continue to use, suitable habitat throughout Tejon Ranch. The USGS analysis on the condor's use of the ranch aided the Service in analyzing the potential effects of each of the alternatives in the SDEIS. The No Action Alternative has been revised in the SDEIS. This alternative assumes that Tejon Ranch Company's 2008 Ranchwide Agreement would remain in effect, that development of Tejon Mountain Village and other future commercial or residential development allowed within the lands proposed to be covered by the permit would not occur, and that existing ranch uses would continue at current levels into the future. Tejon Ranch Company submitted the MSHCP to satisfy the requirements for an incidental take permit under the Act. The permit is requested to authorize the incidental take of species that could potentially result from plan-wide activities, including grazing, film production and other ongoing historic uses occurring throughout 141,886 acres, and from approximately 5,533 acres of mountain resort and other development adjacent to the Interstate 5 corridor and Lebec community, all lands proposed to be covered by the permit. The permit would not cover take caused by hunting or mineral extraction. The MSHCP, authored by Tejon Ranch Company with input from the Service, describes measures to be taken by Tejon Ranch to minimize and mitigate effects of its activities on 27 native plants, animals, including California condors. Four animals are listed as threatened or endangered under the Act. Some of the other 23 animals and plants are listed by the California Department of Fish and Game under the California Endangered Species Act. Federally-listed and candidate species included in the proposed habitat conservation plan include the California condor, least Bell's vireo, southwestern willow flycatcher, valley elderberry longhorn beetle, and western yellow-billed cuckoo. The Service's proposed issuance of an incidental take permit triggers the need for compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act. To that end, the Service prepared the SDEIS, which evaluates the impacts of proposed issuance of the permit and implementation of the multiple-species habitat conservation plan, and also evaluates the impacts of a reasonable range of alternatives. No California condors would be permitted to be killed under the permit proposed to be issued by the Service. The MSHCP proposes a conservation strategy to minimize and mitigate to the maximum extent practicable any impacts that could occur to covered species resulting from the covered activities. Should any of the unlisted covered wildlife species become listed under the Act during the proposed 50-year term of the permit, take authorization for those species would become effective upon listing. In the MSHCP, and consistent with the 2008 Ranchwide Agreement among Tejon Ranch Company, the Sierra Club, National Audubon Society, Natural Resources Defense Council, Endangered Habitats League, and Planning and Conservation League, part of the mitigation for Tejon Ranch's activities would be the prohibition of development on 93,522 acres, including a 37,100-acre ridge-line area of the ranch used by condors and that is part of a Condor Study Area. Additionally, approximately 23,001 acres would be preserved as open space within the proposed Tejon Mountain Village. The MSHCP would require that a biologist monitor ranch activities to reduce the potential for contact between people and condors. In addition, conditions and restrictions on residential development would be in place and enforced by Tejon Ranch to minimize impacts to condors. Other mitigation in the MSHCP includes a permanent ban on lead ammunition implemented by Tejon Ranch Company on Tejon Ranch's 270,000-acre property in January 2008. The ingestion of lead has been the leading cause of mortality in condors. The notice of availability for the two documents will officially publish in the Federal Register on February 3, 2012, but an advance copy is available today for viewing at http://www.federalregister.gov. The SDEIS and associated documents, including the MSHCP, can be viewed and downloaded at the Ventura Fish and Wildlife Office's web site on February 3, 2012, at: http://www/fws.gov/ventura, or can be obtained by writing to the Ventura Fish and Wildlife Office at 2493 Portola Road, Suite B, Ventura, California 93003. A copy of each of the documents is also available for public review during normal business hours at the Kern County Library at 3732 Park Drive in Frazier Park, California. Comments on the SDEIS and MSHCP can be sent via email to: fw8tumshcp AT fws.gov or mailed to Roger Root at the Ventura Fish and Wildlife Office at the above address. The mission of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is working with others to conserve, protect, and enhance fish, wildlife, plants, and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people. We are both a leader and trusted partner in fish and wildlife conservation, known for our scientific excellence, stewardship of lands and natural resources, dedicated professionals, and commitment to public service. For more information on our work and the people who make it happen, visit www.fws.gov. Connect with our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/usfws, follow our tweets at www.twitter.com/usfwshq, watch our YouTube Channel at http://www.youtube.com/usfws and download photos from our Flickr page at http://www.flickr.com/photos/usfwshq. -- Marcelle SteppingStones - EcoSac Shopping Bag System Toll Free: (800) 926-1017 Local: (805) 927-1017 Fax: (805) 927-3275 www.bags4you.com service AT bags4you.com Saving on paper & plastic since 1989, providing the highest quality reusable cotton and organic cotton bags & the BEST customer service! *EcoSacs* are truly "green": renewable (sustainable), reusable, (washable) and, recyclable! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor Subject: AC-9 capture movie from 1987 From: Paul Andreano <himountainpaul AT gmail.com> Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 14:19:05 -0800 I recently found an amazing piece of condor history while browsing through Mike Clark's blog at http://www.condordoc.com In Mike's words: "While culling the archives for historic footage on the condor recovery program, we came across this sequence of the last wild California Condor being captured on Easter Sunday, 1987. Recovery team members used a large canon fired net for the trap and biologist Peter Bloom is seen leaping from a pit to restrain the bird after the net covers it. The morning was recorded on Super 8 film by John McNeely, picturing the event in a grainy home-movie quality that understates the significance of that day. After a period of years in the captive breeding program where AC9′s genetics contributed to the preservation of the species, the bird was re-released into the wild." Check out the video at http://www.condordoc.com/blog/2011/01/capture-of-the-last-wild-condor-1987/ Its an breathtaking video to watch considering the gravity of the moment. Also pretty cool to see Pete jumping out of the pit in his signature low-top Vans. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor Subject: New Condor Cam From: Paul Andreano <himountainpaul AT gmail.com> Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:38:01 -0800 The San Diego Zoo has a new Condor Cam. Check it out! "Shatash, 21, and her partner Sisquoc, 28, will take turns caring for the 9-ounce egg until it hatches in early March. The condor couple’s egg is one of six currently at the San Diego Zoo, but the only that will be on camera. " http://www.sandiegozooglobal.org/video/condor_cam [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor Subject: Fw: ScientificAmerican.com: Plight of the Condors From: "steve schubert" <s_schub1 AT msn.com> Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:20:00 -0800 Subject: ScientificAmerican.com: Plight of the Condors Plight of the Condors By Jane Braxton Little Once on the verge of extinction, North America's largest land birds have made a dramatic comeback. To ensure their continued survival, biologists are relying on high-tech gadgets and unusual interventions http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=plight-of-the-condors © 2012 Scientific American, a division of Nature America, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor Subject: good/bad news from AZ From: Marcelle <marcelle AT bags4you.com> Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 12:38:21 -0800 *source*: http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/9e1714bbaf65451ea60def6c4e32c683/AZ--Condor-Chicks/ GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. --- *Two of three California condor chicks* hatched earlier this year continue to survive in the wild including one that recently took its first flight. However, a lone chick recently was found dead below its nest cave in the Grand Canyon. The Peregrine Fund says the young bird that died had a broken wing and may have fallen out of the nest. The young condor was last seen alive on Sept. 27. After Grand Canyon National Park biologists made several investigative trips into the rugged terrain of a side canyon, the carcass was recovered on Oct. 23. Recent sightings of the two other wild-hatched Birds show they continue to thrive and be well cared for by their parents. -- Marcelle SteppingStones - EcoSac Shopping Bag System Toll Free: (800) 926-1017 Local: (805) 927-1017 Fax: (805) 927-3275 www.bags4you.com service AT bags4you.com Saving on paper & plastic since 1989, providing the highest quality reusable cotton and organic cotton bags & the BEST customer service! *EcoSacs* are truly "green": renewable (sustainable), reusable, (washable) and, recyclable! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor Subject: bad news for AZ birds From: Marcelle <marcelle AT bags4you.com> Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 12:36:22 -0700 (hope the appeal has better outcome) from: http://www.courthousenews.com/2011/10/11/40516.htm PHOENIX (CN) - The U.S. government is properly managing more than a million acres of public land north of the Grand Canyon, where environmentalists claim off-road vehicles and grazing livestock are destroying natural and cultural treasurers and poisoning endangered California condors with carrion full of lead, a federal judge ruled. U.S. District Judge Paul Rosenblatt sided with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in two related lawsuits last week, finding that the agency's 2008 management plans for the Grand Canyon-Parashant and Vermillion Cliffs National Monuments conform to federal law. The monuments encompass some 1.3 million acres of lonely, arid sweeps of high-desert plains and towering red-rock cliffs north of the Grand Canyon's north rim, on the Arizona-Utah border. The Wilderness Society, the Center for Biological Resources and other groups claimed in two separate lawsuits that the agency's long-term management strategy for the lands goes against the presidential proclamations that initially protected them. President Bill Clinton's proclamations that established the monuments in 2000 say that "all motorized and mechanized vehicle use off road will be prohibited, except for emergency or authorized administrative purposes." "Full of natural splendor and a sense of solitude, this area remains remote and unspoiled, qualities that are essential to the protection of the scientific and historic resources it contains," the proclamations say. Nonetheless, the BLM "adopted resource management plans that treat the monuments as if they are indistinguishable from general multiple-use BLM lands," allowing "a spider web of thousands of miles of trails and routes for motorized vehicles that BLM admits will damage the objects listed in the proclamations," according to the environmental groups. The groups also object to the agency's oversight of livestock grazing on the lands, demanding that the government prohibit hunters from using lead bullets on the monuments. They claim that California condors - rare vultures that were brought back from the edge of extinction when they were reintroduced into the wild in the Grand Canyon region - scavenge bullet-ridden carrion and then suffer high levels of lead poisoning. The condor issue prompted the National Rifle Association to intervene in the Center for Biological Diversity's action. "The proclamation clearly calls for BLM to protect the biological resources and habitat there," Earthjustice associate attorney Michael Hiatt told Courthouse News. "We are disappointed with this. We feel that the proclamations clearly direct them to prohibit motor vehicle use off of roads, and they failed to do that." And the conservation priorities written into the proclamations - the monuments' founding documents - should supersede all others, Hiatt said. Denver-based Earthjustice is handling the Parashant complaint, while the Center for Biological Diversity is arguing the Vermillion Cliffs action, which includes the condor issue. In granting summary judgment to the BLM in both lawsuits, Rosenblatt found that the agency's resource-management plans will adequately protect the lands. He pointed out that the plans close nearly 90,000 acres in Vermillion Cliffs and nearly 300,000 acres in Grand Canyon-Parashant to "motorized and mechanized vehicle use," including some 360 miles of routes that were previously open to such use. Rosenblatt also found that the BLM's management plans for livestock grazing pass muster, as they close some 34,000 acres in Parashant to grazing and "establish new standards and management actions to protect rangeland health." As for the lead-poisoned condors, Rosenblatt found that the BLM has no authority to regulate hunting on federal lands. States are usually responsible for watching hunters, and the proclamations expressly refuse to override that power. Hiatt said that Earthjustice plans to take its case to the 9th Circuit. The Center for Biological Diversity did not respond to a request for comment. -- Marcelle SteppingStones - EcoSac Shopping Bag System Toll Free: (800) 926-1017 Local: (805) 927-1017 Fax: (805) 927-3275 www.bags4you.com service AT bags4you.com Saving on paper & plastic since 1989, providing the highest quality reusable cotton and organic cotton bags & the BEST customer service! *EcoSacs* are truly "green": renewable (sustainable), reusable, (washable) and, recyclable! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor Subject: Hi Mountain bird species list From: "steve schubert" <s_schub1 AT msn.com> Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2011 12:38:04 -0700 Hello all, The 'Lookout Project' bird list can be viewed at the following eBird link: http://tinyurl.com/3bnweme The 94 species of birds reported so far have been observed in a 3-mile radius from Hi Mountain Lookout - from bird checklists dating from the late 1970's to the present - and includes the locations of Huff's Hole, Hi Valley, Hi Mountain Lookout, and the stretch of Hi Mountain Road from the ridgeline down to the Salinas River crossing near Pozo. The bar charts reveal the relative lack of birding data for the winter season for this area... something that can be improved on in the future with more birding efforts mid-winter. Steve Schubert http://www.condorlookout.org/ go to eBird at: www.ebird.org [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor Subject: birding at Hi Mountain From: "steve schubert" <s_schub1 AT msn.com> Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2011 14:10:52 -0700 Hello all, Below are two eBird checklists for the Hi Mountain Lookout Open House event on Oct. 1st. I have been submitting checklists for the Hi Mountain area dating from the 1970's (from hand-written and typed field notes by Morro Coast Audubon Society members staffing the lookout during the peregrine falcon nest watch and my field notes at Huff's Hole) to the present. Within a 3-mile diameter circle from the lookout 94 bird species have so far been documented...we should be able to reach 100 spp. someday! Steve Schubert http://www.condorlookout.org/ photos at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/12571965 AT N07/ Hi Mountain-- Hi Mountain Lookout, San Luis Obispo, US-CA Oct 1, 2011 11:00 AM - Protocol: Traveling 0.5 mile(s) Comments: 10th annual Hi Mountain Lookout Open House event Clear morning skies, afternoon cirrus clouds and low marine stratus to the west, morning temp. 70's, late afternoon light sea breeze, calming, followed by light evening offshore wind. e-Bird checklist submitted by S. Schubert 15 species California Quail 1 Turkey Vulture 6 Band-tailed Pigeon 12 Anna's Hummingbird 4 Northern Flicker 1 Western Scrub-Jay 1 Common Raven 1 Oak Titmouse 1 Wrentit 3 California Thrasher 1 Spotted Towhee 1 California Towhee 1 White-crowned Sparrow 2 Dark-eyed Junco 2 Lesser Goldfinch 2 Hi Mountain-- Hi Mountain Rd., W-SW of Salinas River crossing, San Luis Obispo, US-CA Oct 1, 2011 9:15 AM - 11:45 AM Protocol: Traveling 3.0 mile(s) Comments: 10th annual Hi Mountain Lookout Open House event birding field trip: Pozo to Hi Mountain field trip leader: Michaela Koenig route: Hi Mountain Lookout Rd. at Salinas River crossing to the lookout gate eBird checklist submitted by S. Schubert 18 species Red-shouldered Hawk X Red-tailed Hawk X Anna's Hummingbird X Acorn Woodpecker X Nuttall's Woodpecker X Western Wood-Pewee X Black Phoebe X Western Scrub-Jay X Common Raven X Oak Titmouse X Bushtit X White-breasted Nuthatch X House Wren X Wrentit X California Thrasher X California Towhee X Dark-eyed Junco X Western Tanager X This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor Subject: RE: Re: Hi Mtn. open house event - The case of the missing Fire Ecology Cake From: "Cooper, Kevin" <kccooper AT fs.fed.us> Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2011 16:49:24 +0000 Mystery Solved In an effort to use up a garden's worth of carrots, Mary made that heavy-duty Moosewood Cookbook carrot cake. Not feeling like it could compete with Jim's truckload of pineapple upside down cake, I left it in my fire ecology carrying bag on the deck and then forgot it. Please help yourself to it, Francis and Kyle. Maybe Mary can swing between classes at Poly and pick up the plate, knife, and bag! Kevin From: Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com [mailto:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Francis X. Villablanca Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2011 6:02 PM To: steve schubert Cc: Hi_MountainCondor Subject: [CondorLookoutProject] Re: Hi Mtn. open house event - The case of the missing Fire Ecology Cake Hi all, Great weekend. Thanks for all of the effort, energy and contributions. We now have a mystery on our hands... We have discovered a cake, a jar of frosting, a serving plate and a sheathed knife. The owner's identify is a mystery. There are two clues. 1) It was someone at the open house this weekend. 2) It is someone that has an interest in fire ecology - all the items were in an "Association of Fire Ecology" bag! If you can solve the mystery, let me know. Otherwise, the mystery will be whether Kyle or I (or both) ate the cake! Regards, FXV __________________________________________________________ Francis Villablanca, Professor Curator of Birds and Mammals Associate Department Chair Chair Curriculum and Scheduling Biological Sciences Department Cal Poly State University San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 805-756-2200 (O) 805-756-7397 (L) fvillabl AT calpoly.edu Cal Poly: http://www.calpoly.edu/~bio/FacultyStaff/Faculty/Villablanca.html Hi Mountain Condor Lookout Project: http://condorlookout.org/ Monarch Alert: http://monarchalert.calpoly.edu/ Not all citizens of the globe will be good global citizens __________________________________________________________ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor Subject: Re: Hi Mtn. open house event - The case of the missing Fire Ecology Cake From: "Francis X. Villablanca" <fvillabl AT calpoly.edu> Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2011 18:02:28 -0700 (PDT) Hi all, Great weekend. Thanks for all of the effort, energy and contributions. We now have a mystery on our hands... We have discovered a cake, a jar of frosting, a serving plate and a sheathed knife. The owner's identify is a mystery. There are two clues. 1) It was someone at the open house this weekend. 2) It is someone that has an interest in fire ecology - all the items were in an "Association of Fire Ecology" bag! If you can solve the mystery, let me know. Otherwise, the mystery will be whether Kyle or I (or both) ate the cake! Regards, FXV ____________________________________________________________________ Francis Villablanca, Professor Curator of Birds and Mammals Associate Department Chair Chair Curriculum and Scheduling Biological Sciences Department Cal Poly State University San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 805-756-2200 (O) 805-756-7397 (L) fvillabl AT calpoly.edu Cal Poly: http://www.calpoly.edu/~bio/FacultyStaff/Faculty/Villablanca.html Hi Mountain Condor Lookout Project: http://condorlookout.org/ Monarch Alert: http://monarchalert.calpoly.edu/ Not all citizens of the globe will be good global citizens ____________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor Subject: photos - Hi Mtn. open house event From: "steve schubert" <s_schub1 AT msn.com> Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2011 17:34:00 -0700 Hello all, Photos from the 10th annual open house event are posted at the Hi Mountain Lookout Facebook page. Take a look and hope you 'like' it. Steve Schubert photos at: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.150986361600772.22130.133314096701332&type=1 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor Subject: 4 nice images From: Marcelle <marcelle AT bags4you.com> Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 11:54:05 -0700 and, a photo of one of the VWS birds in this article w/ images of Big Sur. (makes me wish I could soar w/ them!) http://www.scpr.org/blogs/environment/2011/09/28/3522/photos-4-amazing-images-big-sur-california/ -- Marcelle SteppingStones - EcoSac Shopping Bag System Toll Free: (800) 926-1017 Local: (805) 927-1017 Fax: (805) 927-3275 www.bags4you.com service AT bags4you.com Saving on paper & plastic since 1989, providing the highest quality reusable cotton and organic cotton bags & the BEST customer service! *EcoSacs* are truly "green": renewable (sustainable), reusable, (washable) and, recyclable! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor Subject: Condor lookout on Dave Congalton's show, today, 3PM. From: Chris Arndt <chris AT tbo.net> Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 08:47:00 -0700 I sent this to an assortment of Condor contacts, and thought perhaps I should post it here as well. I suppose some of you will be getting it twice. Marcelle and I are gonna be promoting the Lookout, the research program, and the Open House on Dave Congalton's program at 3PM today, Monday 26 September. KVEC 920 AM... Is there anything anyone would like us to mention? What are the road conditions like from each end? Feed us stuff to talk about. I'm just the weather station guy... Listen In! Chris ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor Subject: good news! From: Marcelle <marcelle AT bags4you.com> Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 08:51:09 -0700 From on-line Houston Chronicle: http://www.chron.com/news/article/3-California-condor-chicks-hatch-in-Arizona-2181062.php 3 Chicks hatch in AZ GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) --- Three California condor chicks have hatched in the wild in northern Arizona for the first time during a breeding season. The Peregrine Fund says the most recent chick was seen by field staff on Sept. 9. The other two chicks were observed last month. Two of the chicks' nests are on the south rim of the Grand Canyon and another is on the Kaibab Plateau. The wildlife group says they're excited to see California condors reproducing and increasing their numbers on their own. The group says the three new chicks increases their confidence that the endangered bird will thrive again one day without help from humans. The three chicks are now six months old and bring to 15 the number of chicks hatched in the wild since condors were first released in Arizona in 1996. Altogether there are 67 California condors in Arizona and Utah. -- Marcelle SteppingStones - EcoSac Shopping Bag System Toll Free: (800) 926-1017 Local: (805) 927-1017 Fax: (805) 927-3275 www.bags4you.com service AT bags4you.com Saving on paper & plastic since 1989, providing the highest quality reusable cotton and organic cotton bags & the BEST customer service! *EcoSacs* are truly "green": renewable (sustainable), reusable, (washable) and, recyclable! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor Subject: cool - Condor Webcam From: Marcelle <marcelle AT bags4you.com> Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 17:01:17 -0700 San Diego Zoo Global (used to be the SD Zoological Society) has a live web-cam for the Condorminium area at the zoo's Safari Park! http://www.sandiegozooglobal.org/video/condor_cam Bookmark it and check in once in awhile to see what they're up to! -- Marcelle SteppingStones - EcoSac Shopping Bag System Toll Free: (800) 926-1017 Local: (805) 927-1017 Fax: (805) 927-3275 www.bags4you.com service AT bags4you.com Saving on paper & plastic since 1989, providing the highest quality reusable cotton and organic cotton bags & the BEST customer service! *EcoSacs* are truly "green": renewable (sustainable), reusable, (washable) and, recyclable! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor Subject: Condor documentary on KCET Sun. 9/4 From: "Robert Schwartz" <rws.ca.us AT gmail.com> Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2011 10:50:43 -0700 Sorry that should be 9/4 and 9/10. -----Original Message----- From: Robert Schwartz [mailto:rws.ca.us AT gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2011 10:49 AM To: 'Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com' Subject: Condor documentary on KCET Sun. 8/4 "In Search of the California Condor" will air on KCET Sun. 8/4 at 8pm and again on Sat. 8/10 at 6pm. "The marvelous footage of the endangered California Condor in this half-hour documentary was shot in 1945 with a 16mm Bolex motion picture camera...in an area now known as the Hopper Mountain Wildlife Refuge." http://www.kcet.org/shows/in_search_of_the_california_condor/in-search-of-th e-california-condor.html ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor Subject: Condor documentary on KCET Sun. 8/4 From: "Robert Schwartz" <rws.ca.us AT gmail.com> Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2011 10:48:39 -0700 "In Search of the California Condor" will air on KCET Sun. 8/4 at 8pm and again on Sat. 8/10 at 6pm. "The marvelous footage of the endangered California Condor in this half-hour documentary was shot in 1945 with a 16mm Bolex motion picture camera...in an area now known as the Hopper Mountain Wildlife Refuge." http://www.kcet.org/shows/in_search_of_the_california_condor/in-search-of-th e-california-condor.html ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor Subject: Hi Mountain Lookout weather on KVEC 8AM every weekday! From: Chris Arndt <chris AT tbo.net> Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2011 08:16:50 -0700 John Lindsey from PG&E does the weather on the weekday Morning News on KVEC at 6:05, 6:35, 7:05, 7:35, 8:05, and 8:35. Along with the local forecast, he does a special segment for each time; This Day In Weather History, National Weather, Oceanographic Report, etc. Recently, he made the 8:05 AM special report the SLOweather.com report, where he mentions the high temperatures from yesterday and the current temperature at the time for the various WeatherElement stations linked on SLOweather. Condor Lookout has been getting a lot of air time lately, as the morning temps at the Lookout have been quite a bit higher than here in SLO and other sites, due to being above the inversion layer. Chris ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor Subject: Last Intern Update From: Hannah Tillmann <hannahbanana3333 AT hotmail.com> Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2011 08:25:36 -0700 Hello Everyone! We just finished our last week up at Hi Mountain on Wednesday! We ended the year with all of the interns up at the lookout for the last few days together. It was a little squished with all 6 of us hanging out in the lookout but we were in great company. I will keep this update short as I am sure most of you will be up at the lookout for open house. We will be rehashing our research experiences up there for all to hear! We got some great pictures on our wildlife camera this week including a California Thrasher, Gray Fox and a Black Bear (that somewhat resembled sasquatch, it had just rolled around in the creek and was soaking wet)! Grace should be emailing out pictures soon. Final P. boylii count: 10 speciminesFinal Dipodomes spp. count: 4 specimines We are now working on entering/correcting data which will take a couple of weeks. Thank you all for reading the updates this summer and I hope to see you all at open house! -Hannah [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To Post a message, send it to:Hi_MountainCondor AT yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to:Hi_MountainCondor-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Message archives and group home page can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hi_MountainCondor