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woody with a view
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zero fear!
those are 12 inch floor tiles.
edit: 12
[Edited on 2-25-2012 by woody with a view]
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Interesting stuff, and what's with the rumor that foxes are mean? Urban myth? The little guy in your last pic doesn't look vicious.
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WOW, Bob that guy is TOOOOO cute!
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"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
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I have done a few bird surveys on San Clemente Island - the other Navy-controlled Channel Island. While I was out looking for the endangered
Loggerhead shrike, this little guy walked right up to me and tried to run off with my camera case.
 
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And after decades of Navy target practice out there, you really had to be careful where you stepped. The jumping cholla were the least of your
worries.
[Edited on 2-25-2012 by ElCap]
[Edited on 2-25-2012 by ElCap]
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This is a great thread woody! I am envious that you got on the island. I've made many dives at Nick but never got to go on land. Here's an
underwater wide angle shot from Nick, notice the bug 
carpe diem!
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woody with a view
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they come into your room to look for some snacks. the people on the island don't mind if they get fed scraps. actually, the ones away from the rooms
are pretty scraggly.
they are not mean at all. they have no fear of anything because they have no predators.
yes, they are about the size of a cat, with a bushy tail.
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a corner on the world....
edit: from 2.5 miles away.
[Edited on 2-25-2012 by woody with a view]
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name this flowering plant
the island is covered in them and in a month or so they lose all color and look dead until next spring.
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hey Cap, i'm going to San Clemente Island in april. can't wait to kick some cholla, not ordinance.
Ken, great shot!
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| Quote: | Originally posted by woody with a view
the island is covered in them and in a month or so they lose all color and look dead until next spring. |
Giant Coreopsis (Coreopsis gigantea)....all in bloom around Point Mugu and Santa Monica Mountains now too.
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Looks like a soft Sissy Cove?
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Great shots, I am jealous as right now we have the second highest snow total in Denver's history for the month of Feb....and expecting to possibly
break the record Monday
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I moved to CO and they made me buy a little rod to make it feel like a real fish
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woody with a view
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Sunman
Looks like a soft Sissy Cove? |
nope. somewhere near balloon launch.
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hey woody, Juan was looking at the fox fotos and told me about how some ranchers had raised one like a pet and he saw it asleep on their couch! cool
eh.
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very cool. Bia wants me to stow-away one of the critters in my duffel bag!
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| Quote: | Originally posted by woody with a view
the island is covered in them and in a month or so they lose all color and look dead until next spring. |
Giant Coreopsis (Coreopsis gigantea)....all in bloom around Point Mugu and Santa Monica Mountains now too. |
i've never seen them, and you are correct.
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yesterday at san nicholas island a Mexican guy wearing a life jacket came walking up to our jobsite. he said 2 other guys were on the beach below us.
the guy said their motor broke 3 days before and their food and water was soaked with sea water. they drifted ashore. the wind had been 30-40 knots
non stop since monday. i spoke to the guy and he said they didn't need help, he just needed to use a phone and he wanted to go home.
he had no idea he was on a restricted access military base. he said they were trying to get to santa cruz from L.A.! yeah right. a C130 was dispatched
to search for the other 2 guys, then a coast guard helicopter. we watched for a couple of hours as the birds made numerous passes. the guy in the life
jacket was given an orange and some drinking water and then one of our guys took him in the car to the cop shop! i doubt they let him use the phone.
in the terminal waiting to get on the plane home for the weekend another plane landed right after ours did. the second plane was full of ICE and NCIS
agents fully loaded to the teeth with some impressive hardware and two badasss German Shepherds. i over heard one say they were going to sweep the
island with the dogs to flush out any possible bad guys. there is going to be a special operation this coming week on the island so these guys
couldn't have picked a worse place to maroon.
the first foto is the view from our work site. notice the gale force winds over the outer waters. keep in mind SNI is about 60 miles offshore. the
boat is to the right of the rocks jutting into the ocean right at the waterline.
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you can see in the foto above that the guy had a major hike up a ridge to make it up to us. he said he saw our backhoe and that's why he came towards
us.
now, my camera lens isn't all that good, and we are 830' above sea level and prolly 2 miles as the crow flies from that beach but it sure looks like
bales of contraband scattered around the panga.
those idiots probably were down there trying to wait out the storm and either didn't bring enough food and water to wait it out or really did spoil
the rations. somewhere there is a cartel missing a load. i'd hate to be these guys.....
http://www.vcstar.com/news/2012/mar/02/panga-found-on-san-ni...
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Saw this on the local news the other night about San Nicholas Island... Don't suppose you saw a cat while you were
there?http://articles.latimes.com/2012/feb/26/local/la-me-adv-san-nicolas-20120227
Haven't had a bad trip yet....
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