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Fieldtrip to Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve, Monterey Co., CA, March 27 to April 1, 2010
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We stopped briefly at Nojoqui Falls Santa Barbara County Park	-	Our detour took us through Solvang
We hardly stopped on the way and made it to Big Creek before dark. This new berm is intended to slow falling boulders and has recently been planted with native plants.	This private property cottage was built by Native Americans for the Seattle World Fair in 1962, and later moved to Big Creek.	-
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We thought this deer might have been killed by a mountain lion but it turned out to be a roadkill dragged down to the beach by coyotes.	Dog or coyote track on beach (note claws - mountain lions have retractable claws)	We were pretty much unable to complete any intertidal field observations along the Big Sur coast due to extremely high surf for our entire trip.
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-	-	Biology 317 student, Kristy, commands the waves.
-	-	Finger limpets (either Lottia digitalis or L. austrodigitalis) were found along with littorines on one rock that was accessible.
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-	The lower bird is a California condor, flying together with turkey vultures. Note the size difference!	-
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-	We visited Santa Cruz for field work at Steamers Lane - for a previous visit to this intertidal field site see here.	-
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-	Juvenile alligator lizard	-
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-	-	Found a nickel on my hike up Cardiac Trail!
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-	Santa Lucia firs are endemic to these hills.	-
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-	-	Ringneck snake
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-	-	Brief stop at San Simeon on our way back to L.A.

Previous Trips: Mar. 09, Feb. '09, Dec. '08, Nov. '08, Mar. '08 (MB Aq.), July '07, June '06, Mar. '06, Feb. '06, Nov. '05, May '05, March '05,
June '03, March '03, Jan. 03, Nov. 02, Oct. 02, March 02, March 98
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