Joe spotted a couple Swainson’s hawks gliding high overhead. Red-tails were hanging around a stand of eucalyptus trees and a ferruginous hawk was spotted on the horizon. Joe also found a young king snake under a board. We took quite a few photos of the willing snake. Burrowing owls were in their usual [...]
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Spring in the Altamont
Posted in amphibians, bird watching, birds of prey, burrowing owl, Endangered species, outdoors, raptors, snakes, special status species, wildlife management, tagged Burrowing Owl, California tiger salamander larvae, King Snake, Pacific Tree Frog Tadpole, Seine Netting, Swainson's Hawk on April 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Consumptive Use and Wildlife Conservation
Posted in Hunting, kids in the outdoors, outdoor education, outdoors, The Mule Deer Foundation, wildlife, wildlife conservation, tagged Consumptive Use of Wildlife, Kids and Hunting on October 29, 2010 | 5 Comments »
I recieved an email this week, from Suzanne Davies, asking me to create a link to a blog about photography and getting kids involved in the outdoors. The blog is entitled “100 Resources for Teaching Your Kids About Wildlife Conservation” at http://photographydegrees.org/100-resources-for-teaching-your-kids-about-wildlife-conservation . I responded that I’d check out her blog and I did so. Although the [...]
Do Coyotes Eat Ants?
Posted in animal tracks, Coyotes, outdoor education, outdoors, wildlife, tagged coyote tracks, what do coyotes eat on May 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The pair of coyote tracks in the above photo was pointed out to me by my brother, Rob, during one of our reptile surveys. He had already figured out what was going on, before telling me about them. The tracks were the front feet of a coyote. They were deeply groved into the soft dirt, [...]
The Rattler and the Ground Squirrel
Posted in outdoors, reptiles, snakes, wildlife, tagged California groundsquirrel, nature, rattlesnakes on April 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Turkey hunting was unproductive Saturday morning. By noon it seemed unlikely that a turkey would show, so I stopped at the cabin on our property, which is used by another former owner, and sat in the shade relaxing and eating some lunch. Movement caught my eye as a rattlesnake slithered towards a wood pile. It [...]
Donated Turkey Hunt a Winner for All Hands
Posted in fundraising, outdoors, The Mule Deer Foundation, turkey, tagged First Turkey Hunt on April 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve “donated” a few hunts to fundraising events over the years. Most of the time I ended up being the benefactor. In about 1991 or so, I donated a duck hunt to the CWA Youth event at Comanche Hills. The hunt was a guided hunt on the public waterfowl hunting areas. Many people probably laughted [...]
The Mule Deer Foundation supports SB 589
Posted in Big game hunting, Deer hunting, Duck hunting, fundraising, Hunting, hunting heritage, legislation, outdoors, The Mule Deer Foundation, wildlife, wildlife conservation, Wildlife habitat, wildlife management, tagged license and tag accountability, SB 589 on April 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On April 9, 2009, the following letter was sent to the Honorable Fran Pavley, Chair of the California Senate Natural Resouces and Water Committee. RE: SB 589 (Harman) – SUPPORT Dear Senator Pavley: On behalf of The Mule Deer Foundation (MDF), I am writing you to urge your support of SB 589 (Harman), [...]
The Snakes of Spring
Posted in outdoors, photography, snakes, trout, wildflowers, wildlife, tagged rattle snakes, spring wildfowers on April 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On our trip to the Ranch last Monday, we observed many of the rights of spring, golden eagles feeding their young in a roadside nest, vulture eggs inside a hollow oak, a turkey gobler strutting and gobbling, trout smolt heading downstream, a gopher snake in the road, plump does ready to give birth and [...]
Spring Days at the Ranch
Posted in Hunting, outdoors, photography, turkey, wildflowers, wildlife, wildlife conservation, Wildlife habitat, tagged spring wildfowers, wildlife photos on March 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Drove to the ranch on Friday. Used the pick and shovel to clean the roads and cut back a fallen oak that was blocking the road. Then we glassed for turkeys, but found none. Shot my bow and fixed a problem before it got too dark to shoot. I was glad I had my backup [...]
Kodiak Part 4: Loud Snoring Has Its Advantages – Keeps the Grizzlies Away
Posted in Alaska hunting, Big game hunting, Deer hunting, grizzly bears, outdoors, Salmon fishing, tagged grizzly bear encounters, hunting sitka blacktail deer, Kodiak Island on January 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Day four of our Kodiak adventure was very enjoyable. If only we could have figured how to reel those silvers in quicker, we could have caught a plane load – all with fly rods. In addition to silvers, we even caught a couple dolly vardon, but no steelhead. The fishing was everything Alaska fishing can [...]
Kodiak Part 3: Just Another Day on the Ayakulak
Posted in Alaska hunting, Big game hunting, blacktail deer, Deer hunting, grizzly bears, outdoors, tagged Ayakulak River, grizzly bear encounters, hunting sitka blacktail deer, Kodiak Island on January 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
On day three of our Kodiak adventure I awoke quite stiff and sore. Upon our return to camp on day two, Rob had wrapped his deer in a plastic bag and buried it in the dirt a few yards from our tent to keep the bears from it. Wrong! When Rob checked on it in [...]
