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Memories of Pinyon Wells – Joshua Tree NP

2016 – Early October Camping I spent the second week of October with the bird and mammal department of the San Diego Natural History Museum in Joshua Tree National Park.…

Memories of Cottonwood Spring – Joshua Tree NP

Cottonwood Spring is located inside Joshua Tree National Park. Twice, in 2016, I visited there, with the science team from the San Diego Natural History Museum; once at the end…

Memories of Blair Valley – Anza-Borrego

2009-04-09, 2009-04-10: Desert Birds In 2009, I camped for two April nights in Blair Valley. One way to reach this location is to drive east through Julian on CA-78, and…

Memories of Mohave Desert Camping – Cima

2016-11-08~14: Camping In The Mojave I left Poway on Tuesday, November 8 to catch up with the Bird and Mammal team from the San Diego Natural History Museum. The science…

Rat Theater Version 2.1

Processing images from the boat cruise consumed all my time this month. Recently Scott Tremor (San Diego Natural History Museum) and I camped out in our local desert to trap…

2016-10-13 Pinyon Wells Critters

I recently posted about the trip I took last week to Pinyon Wells in Joshua Tree National Park with the Bird and Mammal Department of the San Diego Natural History…

Joshua Tree National Park (Part 2)

It’s time to share the rest of the story about the week I recently spent with the museum’s science team a week ago. Some people choose their route on trips…