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Offline RichardM

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April Wildlife Sightings...
« Reply #30 on: May 31, 2007, 03:40:39 PM »
Quote from: "[url=http://www.nps.gov/bibe/naturescience/upload/sightings-042007.pdf
April 2007 Bear and Mountain Lion Sighting Report[/url]"]Black Bears
• 1 on Mex. side of river across from Santa Elena Cnyn Trail 11th, evening
Mountain lions
• In Santa Elena Canyon, on Mex. side across from nature trail 11th, 8:15 pm

What are the odds of a bear and a panther being seen in the same area around the same time like that?
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The May Wildlife Sightings...
« Reply #31 on: June 03, 2007, 10:08:18 AM »
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Legal Disclaimer...
« Reply #32 on: June 03, 2007, 10:16:39 AM »
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Do not approach or offer food to bears.


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This information is NOT
intended to attract people to locations of sightings.


Dang, if you didn't see a bear and were out there, then you weren't looking or you luck is really lousy...
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The May Wildlife Sightings...
« Reply #33 on: June 03, 2007, 10:23:32 AM »
Hi Shanea!
That is the truth!  It sure seemed like a lot of bear sightings in May.  
As they would say, there were more bears than you can shake a stick at.


BBH

Moderator note:  Stingrey's trip report thread has been moved over here.
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The June Wildlife Sightings
« Reply #34 on: July 05, 2007, 06:27:54 AM »
The June Wildlife sightings are on the BBNP website:

http://www.nps.gov/bibe/naturescience/upload/sightings-062007.pdf

(the header says December 2006, but it is a different list of sightings from the Dec 2006 report on the website...)


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The July wildlife sightings are
« Reply #35 on: August 08, 2007, 09:29:00 PM »
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The July wildlife sightings are
« Reply #36 on: August 08, 2007, 09:47:48 PM »
im having trouble opening the file fro the link you provided. I get an error in adobe reader saying the file was damaged

im gonna go directly to the site and try it that way.

James
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The July wildlife sightings are
« Reply #37 on: August 08, 2007, 09:58:19 PM »
Worked okay for me.
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The July wildlife sightings are
« Reply #38 on: August 09, 2007, 10:00:45 AM »
I got "Page not found".  Went to the Sightings page, but it didn't have July listed.  Maybe it wasn't quite ready for public viewing....
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The July wildlife sightings are
« Reply #39 on: August 09, 2007, 10:06:34 AM »
Worked for me.

Only 2 mountain lion sightings, both toward the end of the month. Wonder where they are?
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The July wildlife sightings are
« Reply #40 on: August 09, 2007, 11:00:01 AM »
Quote from: "jeffblaylock"
Worked for me.

Only 2 mountain lion sightings, both toward the end of the month. Wonder where they are?



Probably just not many visitors looking?
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Watch That Page
« Reply #41 on: August 09, 2007, 12:47:47 PM »
Watch That Page alerted me today that there are vast differences in the Wildlife Sightings web page

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Differences in page http://www.nps.gov/bibe/naturescience/sightings.htm
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Animals
[http://www.nps.gov/bibe/naturescience/animals.htm]
Insects, Spiders, Centipedes, Millipedes
[http://www.nps.gov/bibe/naturescience/insects.htm]
Fish
[http://www.nps.gov/bibe/naturescience/fish.htm]
Reptiles
[http://www.nps.gov/bibe/naturescience/reptiles.htm]
Mammals
[http://www.nps.gov/bibe/naturescience/mammals.htm]
Amphibians
[http://www.nps.gov/bibe/naturescience/amphibians.htm]
Birds
[http://www.nps.gov/bibe/naturescience/birds.htm]
Endangered Species
[http://www.nps.gov/bibe/naturescience/endangered.htm]
Wildlife Sightings
[http://www.nps.gov/bibe/naturescience/sightings.htm]
Plants
[http://www.nps.gov/bibe/naturescience/plants.htm]
Environmental Factors
[http://www.nps.gov/bibe/naturescience/environmentalfactors.htm]
Natural Features & Ecosystems
[http://www.nps.gov/bibe/naturescience/naturalfeaturesandecosystems.htm]
David Warren
Black bear on the Window Trail, 2006
Below are summaries of black bear and mountain lion sightings, taken from wildlife sighting cards turned in by park staff and visitors. Rare bird
sightings are also collected and posted on a quarterly basis.
[http://www.nps.gov/bibe/naturescience/https://cms.imr.nps.gov/bibe/naturescience/bird-sightings.htm]
January| February | March | April | May | June | July
[http://www.nps.gov/bibe/naturescience/upload/sightings-012007.pdf]
[http://www.nps.gov/bibe/naturescience/upload/sightings-022007.pdf]
[http://www.nps.gov/bibe/naturescience/upload/sightings-032007.pdf]
[http://www.nps.gov/bibe/naturescience/upload/sightings-042007.pdf]
[http://www.nps.gov/bibe/naturescience/upload/sightings-052007.pdf]
[http://www.nps.gov/bibe/naturescience/upload/sightings-062007.pdf]
[http://www.nps.gov/bibe/naturescience/upload/sightings-072007.pdf]
Previous years
2006 (January-December)
2005 (January-December)
[http://www.nps.gov/bibe/naturescience/upload/sightings_2006.pdf]
[http://www.nps.gov/bibe/naturescience/upload/sightings_2005.pdf]
[http://www.nps.gov/bibe/naturescience/rivers.htm]
Last Updated: August 08, 2007 at 15:19 EST
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Offline RichardM

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The July wildlife sightings are
« Reply #42 on: August 09, 2007, 04:31:12 PM »
What's up with a lot of the NPS BIBE links going to https links?  The sightings page still doesn't show the July updates for me.  Oh well, maybe tomorrow after I've cleared my cache.
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The August 2007 Wildlife Sightings Are On...
« Reply #43 on: September 05, 2007, 09:07:34 PM »
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Re: The August 2007 Wildlife Sightings Are On...
« Reply #44 on: September 05, 2007, 10:53:15 PM »
Thanks for the post.  Looks "busy" out there....  Perhaps not as busy as sometime last year when they had to close off a number of trails...
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