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by LARiver
Fri Feb 25, 2022 11:32 am
Forum: News & Conditions
Topic: Bobcat Fire: closure info, what's open
Replies: 54
Views: 6434

Re: Bobcat Fire: closure info, what's open

Bobcat Fire closure order set to expire April 1. Anybody hear that the FS intends to extend it further? Being the good, law-abiding citizen that I am, I want to make sure I don't violate the order. That would cause me terrible distress. A call yesterday indicated that 04.01 remains good. The discus...
by LARiver
Sat Jun 20, 2020 10:43 am
Forum: Gear & Fitness
Topic: Critter Cams - Suggestions?
Replies: 9
Views: 856

Re: Critter Cams - Suggestions?

tekewin wrote: More than once, I've come back with 1000 videos of waving grass or flying bugs.
Oh how I know! I neglected to include a rather funny bit from a lizard crawling over the camera and the accompanying sound of its claws as it crawled about.
by LARiver
Wed Jun 17, 2020 4:04 pm
Forum: Gear & Fitness
Topic: Critter Cams - Suggestions?
Replies: 9
Views: 856

Re: Critter Cams - Suggestions?

I am back and, well, after a few attempts I did get some footage and suffice it to say - there's an art to using these. Here is a very short video that compiles some of my captures topped off with a very anti-climactic nano-second grab of a Mt. Lion. A very good friend that I did not know was also d...
by LARiver
Sat May 02, 2020 11:32 am
Forum: Flora, Fauna & Fungi
Topic: LP trek May 1
Replies: 0
Views: 1122

LP trek May 1

Did some Los Padres trekking which involved a lot of bushwhacking. Highlights: Two mountain quail, several Western Tanagers and an unusual amount of Blainville's Horned Lizards. Image of the lizard: https://trouthugger.blogspot.com/2020/0 ... s-win.html
No snakes on this outing.
B.
by LARiver
Tue Apr 28, 2020 7:22 am
Forum: Flora, Fauna & Fungi
Topic: A few SG fungi - April 14, 2020
Replies: 3
Views: 669

Re: A few SG fungi - April 14, 2020

very nice. You found a couple morels, or maybe you know that? They're pretty delish and highly sought after. Around what elevation and face was this? I think I can share the location without mis-representing myself as someone who cannot be trusted with special finds. The location was simply roadsid...
by LARiver
Sun Apr 26, 2020 11:29 am
Forum: Gear & Fitness
Topic: Critter Cams - Suggestions?
Replies: 9
Views: 856

Re: Critter Cams - Suggestions?

Thanks!Sean, HikeUp and Gene. I have re-positioned my cameras and will check back in a few days. Still learning but loving it.
by LARiver
Tue Apr 21, 2020 8:08 am
Forum: Gear & Fitness
Topic: Critter Cams - Suggestions?
Replies: 9
Views: 856

Re: Critter Cams - Suggestions?

Sean, Thank you for the reply. Since my post, I bought two (that's how cheap I went so I hear you!). I definitely wanted to get a feel for how they function. Funny thing is I bought two seemingly different brands but rather humorously, they seemed to be built almost identically and have very similar...
by LARiver
Sun Apr 19, 2020 12:52 pm
Forum: Other SoCal Ranges
Topic: Siberia Crk Trl? Camp Crk Trl? (near Big Bear Lake)
Replies: 3
Views: 677

Re: Siberia Crk Trl? Camp Crk Trl? (near Big Bear Lake)

Is it crazy to respond. to something posted over 2 years ago? For starters, I'd love to know whether or not you ever made it out there to do this. Second, I have done it but it was years ago. If you plan to return the way you came ... hmmm ... actually, even if you plan to exit via another route, yo...
by LARiver
Wed Apr 08, 2020 10:28 am
Forum: Flora, Fauna & Fungi
Topic: Looking for mushrooms in the santa monicas
Replies: 8
Views: 856

Re: Looking for mushrooms in the santa monicas

Cool post! Years ago I did some volunteer work in the Santa Monica mountains (during a wet period) and one of the other volunteers who was a serious So Cal forager, showed up with three grocery bags of chanterelles. Where he found them he would not say but they were from somewhere nearby under some ...
by LARiver
Wed Apr 08, 2020 10:24 am
Forum: Gear & Fitness
Topic: Critter Cams - Suggestions?
Replies: 9
Views: 856

Critter Cams - Suggestions?

First off, I am guilty of being more of a lurker than participant but really hope to change that. I love the local mountains and am humbled by the wisdom shared on this forum. After some recent hikes I have found a few footprint hotspots and am wondering why I have not set up a camera to try and doc...
by LARiver
Fri Jun 07, 2019 7:56 am
Forum: San Gabriels
Topic: Shortcut Road swimming expedition
Replies: 4
Views: 173

Re: Shortcut Road swimming expedition

Great report and beautiful photos. Thank you!
by LARiver
Fri Apr 05, 2019 11:02 pm
Forum: Flora, Fauna & Fungi
Topic: Fox, Ringtail, and Cougar in Anza-Borrego
Replies: 5
Views: 208

Re: Fox, Ringtail, and Cougar in Anza-Borrego

Fascinating post. I once stumbled upon a bighorn skull and, as you indicate, they can be heavy. 20 lbs does not seem like an exaggeration at all.
Thank you for sharing.
Bernard
p.s. I hope to contribute more and better. Have been lurking forever on this great board.