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There are some bird species that live in Tehachapi year-round and are always seen, such as ravens, Brewer’s blackbirds, mockingbirds, red-tailed hawks, California quail and others. There are others that live here all year and are...
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- Mon Sep 18, 2006 17:27:40 PDT
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Scattered in the canyons and creekbeds of the Tehachapi area is a shrub whose purplish-blue berries have been eaten by people for several thousand years.
The plant is elderberry, a tall shrub often found growing in riparian...
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- Mon Sep 11, 2006 15:39:44 PDT
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Last week’s column introduced newer Tehachapi residents to Bessie Koutroulis, 99, the matriarch of an early Tehachapi family. Mrs. Koutroulis emigrated to the United States from Greece in 1929 with her new husband Konstantin...
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- Tue Sep 5, 2006 16:27:34 PDT
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With the Tehachapi Mountain Festival approaching this weekend, our weather returned to a more typical summer pattern of daytime highs in the upper 80s and low 90s and nights in the low 60s — or colder: higher elevations in the...
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- Tue Aug 15, 2006 14:08:53 PDT
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One of the familiar summertime sounds of Tehachapi’s rolling hills and valley oak savanahs is a high, piercing chirp uttered at five seconds intervals. Visitors often question what bird is making that sound. The answer is no bird...
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- Tue Aug 8, 2006 10:42:26 PDT
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In the human world, businesses offering refreshments are known as restaurants, bars or coffee houses and are popular gathering places. In the insect world, refreshments are often provided by plants and these too are popular gathering...
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- Mon Jul 24, 2006 09:31:10 PDT
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This year was not an outstanding one for wildflowers, but our late rains in March seem to have made 2006 a banner year for cottontail rabbits in the Tehachapi area.Many animal populations ranging from certain insects to many mammals are...
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- Tue Jul 18, 2006 10:39:31 PDT
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Now that we are in the prime days of summer this is the best time to observe one of the oldest animal orders still roaming the planet: Anisoptera, the Dragonflies.These ancient insects are well-represented in the fossil record and they...
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- Mon Jul 10, 2006 13:57:05 PDT
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I have been taking even more photos than usual lately because this is one of the most active times of the year for wildlife in the Tehachapi area.The offspring of birds and mammals are leaving their nests and burrows, and youngsters of...
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- Mon Jul 3, 2006 09:49:03 PDT
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The Tehachapi Mountains provide important summer habitat for many species of Southern California butterflies. Though few people are aware of this fact, Tehachapi is a hot spot for butterflies — our best-known entomologist, Ed...
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- Mon Jun 26, 2006 11:20:01 PDT
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Look in the hills above Brites Valley and Cummings Valley now and you’ll see large shrubs covered with bright yellow blossoms: the flannelbush have awakened.While many wildflowers sat this season out because of a shortage of rain...
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- Tue Jun 13, 2006 10:31:36 PDT
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Our weather during this late spring has been classic Tehachapi: warm enough to lull you into thinking summer is definitely imminent, and then suddenly cool enough to make you shiver and reach for a light coat. Which is why the signs by...
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- Wed Jun 7, 2006 18:31:06 PDT
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- Sat Jun 3, 2006 11:31:02 PDT
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A group of Nüwa (Kawaiisu) Indians of the Tehachapi area and their guests participated in an Honoring Ceremony at the Tehachapi Indian Cemetery in Sand Canyon recently. The May 20 gathering took place at noon on a clear breezy...
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- Wed May 31, 2006 09:18:53 PDT
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The Tehachapi area lost a very good man and an outstanding cowboy last week when Jerry Sterling, 59, passed away suddenly while participating in a roping competition in Riverside.Many people in the community know Jerry from roundups and...
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- Mon May 22, 2006 09:40:59 PDT
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