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Southern California Tag

HomePosts tagged "Southern California"
7 April 2025
Big YearCaliforniaNorthern CaliforniaSouthern CaliforniaUnited States of America

California Mammal Big Year & Site/ID Guides

Over 2024, Nicole Haseley and I did an “accidental” mammal big year across the US state of California. We saw 150 mammal species (~70% of the total in California) inclu

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3 April 2025
Californiacalifornia ground squirrelCarrizo PlainelkGiant Kangaroo ratNorth Americasan joaquin antelope squirrelSouthern Californiasquirrelstule elk

Carrizo Plain Overnight: Squirrels, squirrels

Carrizo Plain Overnight Squirrels, Squirrels, and More Squirrels! Carrizo Plain National Monument, Santa Margarita, CA | March 24th-25th, 2025 By minkprowl SPECIES *Giant Kangaroo

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11 June 2019
North American
animalaquaticbeaverdeserthealthymammalriverRodentSouthern Californiawater

Mojave River Beavers

I learned that there were Beavers in the Mojave river area and after a little bit of research and exploring I found them. Hooray! So cool to find beavers period, let alone in South

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8 March 2018
North American
Antelope ValleyBotta's Pocket GophersSouthern California

Update on Southern California Botta’s Pocket Gopher Sites

To update my previous report, Botta’s Pocket Gophers now seem less easy to find at the Lebec Rest Area (I-5 in Gorman) but if you are in Southern California, two places provi

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27 November 2016
North American
kangaroo ratspocket miceSouthern California

RFI: Southern California rodents

Hi all, I’ll be in Southern California towards the end of December and am planning on looking for some of the local Heteromyids. I understand the timing (of year) is not opti

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  1. Jon Hall on Japan Trip Report, April 20254 September 2025

    Nice report Ian! Yes Japan and the CAR are about as different as you can get

  2. Daniel Boyland on Out Now: Episode 11 of the Mammalwatching Podcast – Lisa Dabek4 September 2025

    I recently visited the YUS Conservation Area as a tourist. The mammals are fantastic, but the locals have a strong…

  3. Jon Hall on A Weekend in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula: Mainly Bats4 September 2025

    Hi Jacob - a belated apology. You were right. I had used the same photo twice of the dermanura I…

  4. Shaun on Spotting golden lion tamarins for free near one of Brazil’s most popular beach resorts3 September 2025

    Hi Evan, yes, sorry about that, been having some complications with domain hosting - it should be back up and…

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