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I love our migrant birds, the ones that arrive for one season and vanish during the next, but I have particular fondness for the residents — the birds that are here year-round and hold their ground, experience all the same...
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- Mon Jan 22, 2007 11:56:15 PST
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The most commonly observed large mammals in the Tehachapi area (excluding humans and their pets and livestock) are the graceful California Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus).
These beautiful deer are able to thrive in a wide variety of...
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- Mon Jan 15, 2007 11:09:09 PST
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As they do every year at this time, a small group of dedicated bird watchers explored the Tehachapi area over two days to record every single bird they encountered, noting the species and the number of individual birds. Known as the...
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- Mon Jan 8, 2007 15:44:40 PST
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This has been a difficult couple of weeks for the tight-knit music community of Tehachapi. First guitarist Jerry Mulkins lost his son-in-law to a motorcycle accident only days before his daughter, Emily Mulkins Lopez is due to have ...
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- Tue Jan 2, 2007 10:43:44 PST
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The majority of bird species seen in the Tehachapi area today could probably also have been seen in this area 200 years ago. There are some newcomers, however, and one of the most recent arrivals is a blackbird with an exceptionally long...
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- Mon Dec 18, 2006 12:26:42 PST
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A group of Tehachapi residents and interested visitors gathered on Saturday morning to dedicate the sixth and most recent of our local historical murals, this one depicting legendary horseman Avelino Martinez.
This mural was painted...
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- Mon Dec 11, 2006 10:10:41 PST
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The historic Errea House in downtown Tehachapi is dressed in its Christmas best as the Tehachapi Heritage League once again sponsors a Christmas celebration in the oldest house in town.
The now-annual event invites local antique...
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- Mon Dec 4, 2006 22:47:59 PST
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One of my favorite roads in the Tehachapi area is only 3 miles long and dead-ends with no outlet. I’ve been on it a thousand times and still look forward to every trip on this winding two-lane road. Which one is it? Water Canyon...
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- Mon Nov 27, 2006 12:24:41 PST
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I was going to write just about “Golden Light” in Tehachapi and how you shouldn’t put your camera away too early in the day because of the beauty of late afternoon light, but then one of Tehachapi’s most famous...
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- Mon Nov 13, 2006 17:45:17 PST
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There are many streets in the Tehachapi area that are named after trees: Elm, Maple, Walnut, Mulberry, Hickory, etc. Nearly all of them were selected randomly for residential housing tracts. There are a few that have a historical...
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- Mon Nov 6, 2006 11:13:36 PST
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By the time most people reach retirement age at 65, they’ve already started to slow down, to reduce their output. Not Tehachapi oldtimer Hooks Anderson — at 90 this talented craftsman is still producing some of his best work....
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- Mon Oct 30, 2006 12:09:14 PST
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Last week an unusual procession wound its way through the fertile farmlands of Cummings Valley enroute to Stallion Springs Lodge: a wedding party on motorcycles.
The October 17 Harley-Davidson-themed wedding renewed the vows of Reese...
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- Mon Oct 23, 2006 12:27:35 PDT
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While most people are not fond of rodents in general, there is one species that home owners (especially gardeners) actively dislike: gophers.
These medium-sized, stocky rodents spend most of their lives underground, venturing out only...
Posted by editor
- Mon Oct 9, 2006 16:13:09 PDT
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There’s a cute little snake that lives in our area but is recognized by few people: the Desert Glossy Snake (Arizona elegans eburnata).
It’s not too surprising that this passive reptile is hardly recognized by anyone...
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- Tue Oct 3, 2006 17:14:39 PDT
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A surprise going-away party for longtime Tehachapi teacher Kathryn Errecart was held last week at the home of Ed and Sharon Weaver, and it was an unmitigated success. Errecart, 80, taught for many years in the Tehachapi Unified School...
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- Tue Sep 26, 2006 15:45:06 PDT
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