California Condors
This is a repost of the story I posted some time ago on on 500px. California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus) is one of the rarest birds in North America. Hunted and poached close to extinction, only ~400 of these …
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Overwintering Monarchs
Every year millions of monarch butterflies fly more than three thousand miles from Canada to Mexico, to the same mountains where a year earlier their grandparents spent the winter. This phenomenon is the migration of the Eastern Monarch. …
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Southwest ’09: part 6
Sequoia National Park A walk in the Giant Forest Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park Burned Sequoias, and closed trails. But what really does a closed trail really mean? Point Lobos State Reserve Cold wind from the ocean. …
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Southwest ’09: part 5
Mono Lake Sunset at the Mono Lake. Wind whirled up waves, and picked up flies. Yosemite National Park Friendly bear came onto the parking lot to the excitement of visitors. View of Yosemite Valley from Glacier Point after …
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Southwest ’09: part 4
Capitol Reef National Park Highlight were the petroglyphs, left by the Fremont tribe. Though the antlers and other accessories were explained to be ceremonial headdresses, they make the “people” in the petroglyphs look very alien… Who knows – …
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