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Norcal Spotted and BS Thread

Discussion in 'Northern California' started by PreRunnerSeth, Sep 23, 2009.

  1. Feb 6, 2020 at 4:58 PM
    Taco-Obsessed

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    Unfortunately that program no longer exists and Ryan currently doesnt teach there. Hes working for the City of Mountain View, has a side bird tour company for out of state birders, and runs a nonprofit getting entry-level biologists experience. On a very positive note, a huge tract of land ($97 million worth) just got purchased together by City of SJ, POST, and SCVOSA in Coyote Valley that connects the Diablo Range to the SC Mountains and is now preserved as open space. The work you were involved with definitely contributed to the to this. I'm part of a Coyote Valley working group and have used the De Anza data sets for some of our work. If your interested in more details, links to recent reports, etc.. send me a PM.
     
  2. Feb 6, 2020 at 5:24 PM
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    POST will probably sit on that for 5-10 years (as they often do) before it's available to the public. Don't get me wrong, I'm super happy about the acquisition, just disappointed by the bureaucracy.

    There's another wildlife dude over on SouthBayRiders who works tracking cats. Man, some crazy shit there. They've done an amazing job gathering and data and understanding their habits/range.
     
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  3. Feb 6, 2020 at 5:28 PM
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    In.

    I can travel...
     
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  4. Feb 6, 2020 at 5:51 PM
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    Yeah you're right. For a couple properties I'm aware of that were purchased but not yet available to the public it is because they are in an initial study phase. One in the SC Mountains, they are figuring out where the mountain lions frequent (and other wildlife and/or rare habitats) to figure out where to build the trail system to avoid human-wildlife conflicts (potential impacts from us mostly). Then they build the trails and open it up. It's slow, but at least it's in perpetuity. For CV, they are in the planning phase to figure out the restoration work and make a recreation plan.

    I wonder who the tracker is your taking about. It's a small group of people. I caught a collared mountain lion on my game cam on my property when I lived in New Almaden up in the hills. I kind of know the UCSC researcher who collared it so I reached out and he sent me the gps data for that cat. It was crazy to see where it traversed and frequented. I miss living there, had 3 lions all together and one female I saw once and got on my camera 13x. She would walk my driveway frequently, including mid day. I'm such a wildlife nerd I set up a tracking station and would swipe it clean everyday to see what moved through.
     
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  5. Feb 6, 2020 at 6:10 PM
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  6. Feb 6, 2020 at 6:15 PM
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    lawless the rent is too damn high

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    probably just need to extend the cable that goes into the fuse box. well, and find a way to make sure that big bastard is secured in the engine bay. you can find used peflrey boxes on here sometimes. cable extension is not a big deal. i just bought something like this:

    https://www.amazon.com/TOPDC-4-Gaug...keywords=battery+cable&qid=1581041278&sr=8-16

    and something like this:

    https://www.grainger.com/product/2F...s_kwcid=AL!2966!3!50916716157!!!g!88855682517!

    cover with some heavy duty heat shrink tubing and voila. pretty sure i got the idea from someone in this thread.

    edit: whoops, i see you got the one with the posts all up in east jesus. yeah, that's a bummer.
     
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  7. Feb 6, 2020 at 6:28 PM
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  8. Feb 6, 2020 at 6:32 PM
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    I just got called a cunt in a PM by a member with two posts...it makes me sad...


     
  9. Feb 6, 2020 at 6:37 PM
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    His name is David and he goes by "plantguy" on South Bay Riders. I've never met him but he seems to know his shit. I believe he's friends with Sarah (Metcalf Ranger) as well.
     
  10. Feb 6, 2020 at 6:39 PM
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    There's a button. Push it. Leave it checked "permanent". You know the button I mean....
     
  11. Feb 6, 2020 at 6:39 PM
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  12. Feb 6, 2020 at 6:41 PM
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    I think you already know how it plays out :D
     
  13. Feb 6, 2020 at 6:45 PM
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    I wanna hear how it plays out!
    I wanna know how personal it gets..,
    Mothers? Sexual suggestions? Physical threats? Gon be good......
     
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    Cunt. From someone with hella more posts. Feel better sir :p

    Also. I accepted the job guys. Fuck yea muthafuxkas!
     
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    Fuck. It wont let me like my own post. Lol. I also got a speeding ticket today but its fine. 85 in a 55. I didnt even notice how fast i was doing cuz im a dumbass. But he liked my tats, not tits, and gave me 65. Wheew
     
  17. Feb 6, 2020 at 7:00 PM
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    :eek::argue::cheers:

    Fuck yeah!
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  18. Feb 6, 2020 at 7:05 PM
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