wilderone
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The road less traveled
Saw this sign a few miles out of Puerto San Carlos. Of course we took it.
After 10 miles, the end led to a quintessential Baja beach all to ourselves.
Sampling an oyster. The fisherman was collecting caracolas. His buddies were diving for lobster. They left a couple hours later with two large
gunny sacks of lobsters.
En route there were plenty of birds
And a badger. We also saw large prints of a puma.
Time to leave
Actually, this is from a diffrent beach in the morning before we found “playa villanueva” – one punta to the west
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Whale-ista
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Very cool. How far south is this?
And a badger? Wow. That's a new one for me. Didn't know they existed in Baja.
Thank you for report.
\"Probably the airplanes will bring week-enders from Los Angeles before long, and the beautiful poor bedraggled old town will bloom with a
Floridian ugliness.\" (John Steinbeck, 1940, discussing the future of La Paz, BCS, Mexico)
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David K
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Nice!
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Whale-ista
Very cool. How far south is this?
And a badger? Wow. That's a new one for me. Didn't know they existed in Baja.
Thank you for report. |
www.livingdesert.org/animal_page.html?animals=American+Badger
Family: Mustelidae. The weasel family.
Conservation Status: Not endangered.
Range: From S.W. Canada into central Mexico and Baja, and east into Ohio..
Habitat: Dry, open country around rodent colonies.
Badgers are large, from 25-30" in length, and weigh from 15-25 lbs. Their fur is long and grayish, with a white dorsal stripe extending from nose to
rump, black patches on their face, a short tail and small rounded ears. Their claws are long and sharp. Nocturnal, elusive and
seldom-seen, the badger has several sleeping dens within its territory. These burrows give shelter to other wildlife but can be hazardous to
livestock, and ranchers sometimes kill them for this reason. They are also killed by poison bait put out for coyotes and by eating poisoned rodents,
even though they benefit man as rodent control. They hunt mainly burrowing rodents but also other small animals and sometimes carrion. They have few
predators. Badgers are fierce fighters, able to drive off an attacker many times their own size. Badgers are solitary all year until mating season in
late summer or early fall. 1-5 babies are born blind in a large dry-grass-lined burrow in spring. The young remain in the burrow for 5-6 weeks,
leaving at the end of the summer. The father takes no part in raising them. The badger's period of winter inactivity (not true hibernation) coincides
with that of the ground squirrel, its favorite food.
Bob Durrell
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wilderone
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Located near Magdalena Bay area - the point is called Punta Paredon. The last photo of the beach at sunrise is at Punto Pajaro - just past San Buto.
Also a nice beach, but ranchos fairly close by.
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Whale-ista
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Thank you for badger and location Information. Interesting critters.
\"Probably the airplanes will bring week-enders from Los Angeles before long, and the beautiful poor bedraggled old town will bloom with a
Floridian ugliness.\" (John Steinbeck, 1940, discussing the future of La Paz, BCS, Mexico)
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BajaBlanca
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really nice shots and boy, that really is remote.
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wessongroup
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Thanks ... fun doing that 
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Paula
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Great pictures, but I think you should have left the sign so others could learn of this very cool beach. 
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wilderone
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The sign for "playa villanueva" is it. Look for that (and the plastic chair) - it's about 5 miles outside of town. You'll see many roads branch off
which lead to the mangrove side of the point, but ultimately lead to the end of the point. Or just go straight. If you take a kayak, it would be fun
to paddle in the mangrove channels for bird watching.
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