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#41 ski3pin

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Posted 21 March 2019 - 01:08 AM

Excellent photo for the explanation! :)


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Posted 21 March 2019 - 05:50 PM

X2. Dang, better keep that plow close Ski, the weather folks just changed all those rain signs on the weekly forecast to rain/snow or snow and not just for the high country but for the hills too! Sun just peaked out through the clouds and the robins, nut hatches, flickers and the like are out and about so it seems like spring has sprung, now if the weather would just cooperate.  Well at least the pop-up is ready to go!

 

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Posted 22 March 2019 - 12:34 PM

Woo hoo! Had our first 50° day since November 1, 2018. More coming today and tomorrow. We may have turned the corner. Itching to get the camper out of the garage and on the truck but realistically it will be another month before we do that.


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Posted 22 March 2019 - 06:13 PM

Stripped to the bone! :o

(I think this is spring-related...it's season-related)

 

I'm not sure that I knew that deer eat juniper  :huh:  -- now I know:

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This is the same tree of which I posted a couple photos of its freshly-downed carcass only 3 weeks ago:

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Deer are like piranhas -- veggie-carrion-eating land-based piranhas.  :P


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Posted 22 March 2019 - 06:35 PM

I know how much deer love peach trees and blueberry bushes. :)


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#46 MarkBC

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Posted 22 March 2019 - 07:13 PM

I know how much deer love peach trees and blueberry bushes. :)

 

That makes sense -- peach and blueberry sounds a lot tastier than harsh and resinous juniper.

 

I don't mind the deer helping themselves to down juniper...but seems like in exchange for the free food they could have limbed, bucked and stacked the remains. Just common courtesy....


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Posted 22 March 2019 - 11:10 PM

That makes sense -- peach and blueberry sounds a lot tastier than harsh and resinous juniper.

 

I don't mind the deer helping themselves to down juniper...but seems like in exchange for the free food they could have limbed, bucked and stacked the remains. Just common courtesy....

Yeah those deer are so selfish.

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Posted 24 March 2019 - 07:03 PM

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It's nice and sunny here in Bend, and looks to be in most of my favorite places across the West.


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Posted 25 March 2019 - 04:20 PM

I just saw a chipmunk scampering and scrounging under the bird feeders!  First sighting of the year!...

 

..And yesterday I made my first sighting this year of a golden-mantled ground squirrel and a California ground squirrel -- at the same time! :)

Nothing remarkable about seeing these -- just notable 'cause it's the first time this year.

 

All three of these rodents appeared just after the snow melted and ground appeared...though back in December and January we had no snow, but they were nevertheless out of sight. 

Hibernation seems like a great way to spend the winter if you're not into snow sports.  :P


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Posted 01 April 2019 - 02:47 PM

And Red Mountain Pass is open again. Found this great video of it:
https://www.ktvb.com...93-119033158664

 

Sorry folks, but link no longer works. I Googled and found other news sites also have a link to the video but those also do not work, so they all must be pointing to the same source that has been removed.

 

But here is one with a couple of pictures:

https://snowbrains.c...n-pass-reopens/


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