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Sorry about the intrusion to your hike. The camera won't be there forever. I don't like to see people on the cameras as much as you don't like to see cameras, I would guess! That's why it's way the heck up there.

Interesting. By 'side waterfall' do you mean where Saucer Branch comes in? I might be able to determine what happened to it. When they are very young, sometimes it's as simple as getting separated from mom for whatever reason and they can't hunt yet.

I alerted the ranger station at Santa Anita and they informed me they've never heard of such a thing and seemed reluctant to log anything suggesting I should cal Cal-Trans. I've seen plenty of posts about this, and yes it is absolutely sabotage. Shame on the ranger station for not being better info...

scottawr wrote: ↑Dispensary pot is not grown in the mountains it's grown in houses with electricity and water.

I didn't know that! Huh...guess I have to stop giving people shit about ruining our forests with their 'medicinal' needs. I just assumed.

sesshin wrote: ↑I don't really understand people going through such great lengths to grow weed in the mountains when there are so many dispensaries around.

The farms in the mountains are the suppliers for the dispensaries.

Please stop. This is absurd. It is a canyon - there is one way in and one way out. https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/photobucket/i484/albums/rr207/cougarmagic/IMG_2051_zpspfdxptnr.jpg https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/photobucket/i484/albums/rr207/cougarmagic/IMG_1738_zpsijgff96t.jpg

Cuties!!

Those are quite weird.

Four -toed raccoon on steroids is all I can come up with. I checked on badger tracks, and it isn't that for sure.

Or possum on hard packed enough soil that the fifth digit isn't showing? I'll post this on a tracking forum and let everyone geek out about it.

Thanks for the report. Not surprised by the time of day, presence of ravens, etc - all suggest a deer kill nearby. You were in no danger, nor is anyone else.

Makes me envious - I still haven't seen one with my own eyes!

Thanks you guys. I have had a hell of a week - after the exhibit I got a bad cold, my supervisor had a siezure and I had to take over for her, and my old dog got pancreatitis. All that aside, the gallery opening was fun and it was great too meet RichardK and his wife!! Will catch up soon when my dra...

There will be a reception this Saturday evening. Proceeds go toward funding a wildlife overpass at the Liberty Canyon corridor. The exhibit features some of our 'camera trap' photos, as well as other hand-held photos from distinguished photographers in LA. Denis and I will be at the reception, as wi...

Our always delightful gray fox: http://www.cougarmagic.com/Sample-Gallery/i-bQ3tKWq/0/L/IMG_6365-1-2-L.jpg Bob's yer neighbor: http://www.cougarmagic.com/Sample-Gallery/i-4RgGtZs/0/L/_MG_6328-1-L.jpg And a somewhat un-glamorous critter, but I like the pose and exposure: http://www.cougarmagic.com/Sa...

I like CM2 (with the 2 being 'squared'). He is the Math Rambo after all.

Great pics! That must have been fun to see him pop up while sorting through.

That water tub is going to be a very popular place this summer!

Interesting. I went up there a few times, but the last time I went I was kind of harassed by a resident who (while on his ATV) was trying to convince me it was closed. That someone would tow my car, that I'd get kidnapped by drug lords, and all kinds of things. I thanked him for his interesting idea...

One of the paces I really enjoy too. That road closure....yeah. The current conspiracy theory about areas that remain closed is that the Edison project of building new, higher capacity towers and lines is the reason. Keep hikers out of areas where helicopters are doing risky maneuvers with heavy thi...

Keep trying. The truth is out there.

Great photos. Wow, that bear should be asleep! Cool experience to see her though.

I've only been up there once in the snow. I forgot what Little Jimmy looks like when it isn't lush with columbines.

It was fun to hike with this reporter. I actually believe she found it more fun and interesting once she was with us, than she had thought before.

And that's the whole point... this is a fun, non-invasive way to see some amazing things.

Well poop.

Taco, any info on this webhost supporting the new iframe embed code?

No way man, my last attempt totally worked!

Testing

Very nice trip and photos. I like that place, and haven't been there in a while. I imagine the fellow taking extreme measures to wash off the PDB will have found them to be inadequate by now. Urban Dictionary has a few things to explain about blung. I'm not sure which applies to the blung-free zone ...

I found a whole bicycle in Arroyo Seco. Now it's mine!

I haven't been there in a couple of years, though I did go through post Station Fire. Based on conditions in Arroyo Seco right now, I'd guess thrash-fest with walking in the streambed better than trying to follow the old trail. It's still one of the most beautiful places in the SGs, so if you like a...

Beautiful!! And so tricky to get those shots. Very very nice.

Oh my gosh, this was the first hike I did after I moved to Phoenix after college. Big independence thing for me.

Thanks for the photos. It looks EXACTLY the same. I like that.

There needs to be a medieval castle up here.

And a dragon.

Really great pictures as always. Thanks! Hey, do the watermarks mean you've turned pro? It looks like the photos have had some post processing. Not pro - these are just the first photos that I'd consider worthy of selling as prints, so the advice of people has been to watermark. I suppose otherwise...