Partly motivated by my desire to get out of the city, part interested in seeing what it all looks like after the devastating Southern California wild fires, and partly wanting to see how Peromyscus populations are doing after this years record drought- we decided to spend a few days in the desert! Our plan is to spend 2 nights in Palm Desert, Riverside County, then 2 days in a hotel near Echo Valley (Near Alpine, CA- Southern San Diego County).
We woke up early this AM and took a walk up into the canyon. Things looked pretty dry in general. It was chilly- probably about 50 degrees. The highlight by far was a fantastic show put on by the critically endangered Penninsular Bighorn Sheep. We say 2 big males, an immature male, and 5 ewes. They were really amazing- Ill post some photos of these guys later.
We’re in the Desert
November 24th, 2007 · 5 Comments
Tags: Behavioral Ecology · Peromyscus · biology · field work
5 responses so far ↓
1 J // Nov 24, 2007 at 9:50 am
WOW, awesome, hope you have a great time, call when you can. love to all you adventurous spirits, MOM
2 Anonymous // Nov 29, 2007 at 7:35 pm
aw heck, i only check in on this blog every once in a while, and am sorry to see i checked in just a few days too late.
I live in Cathedral City (right next to Palm Desert), have a degree in behavioral ecology (well, technically a Masters in Integrative Biology) from UCB, and would have loved to show you and yours ’round some of the better sights.
maybe next time.
next time you think you’ll be in the area, shoot me an email if you wish.
fisheyephotos@hotmail.com
cheers,
tom neal
3 Anonymous // Nov 30, 2007 at 11:55 pm
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