Re: list (CSAA) of must see animals.

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y_p_w  <y_p_w@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> >> Hey Ed,
>> >> Polar Bear
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>People have this idea that polar bears are cuddly from all this
>anthropomorphized crap like Coke commercials and from seeing zoo
>bears.  I've seen a few and I guess zookeepers feed them fish to keep
>up appearances.  I've seen a few pictures of zoo polar bears feeding
>on meat.  I saw some clip from a National Geographic special showing a
>real polar bear hunting for ring seals.  They're stone cold killers.
>I wonder how many kids would be scared off by seeing all that blood
>all over that white fur as they tear apart a seal.

8^)

Oh yeah, they can be quite vicious.  But they have also shown a
non-feeding freenze side.  Biting a seal at its air hole and lifting
its multihundred pound mass by its face is hunting/eating.

>> >> condor
>> >> elephant seal
>> >> moose
>> >> gray whale
>> >> roosevelt elk
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>What kind of elk are fond at Mt St Helens?  I saw quite a few there,
>but it was with binoculars and a digital camera. 

No idea.  I've only been on the higher slopes minus animals.  Both pre
and post eruption.  A glimmer exists on the time horizon that my friend
might want to go survey what's left in the near future.  I have slowly
developing reasons for going back via ****tland, I just don't quite know
when.


>The Tule elk at
>Tomales Point aren't as big but I had no problem seeing them.

I have seen those.

>> >> sandhill crane
>> >> gray wolf
>> >> bald eagle
>> >> grizzly bear
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>SF zoo has some pretty nice ones.

I'm of mixed opinions about zoos.
I've got friends who volunteer for a couple.
Some urban areas treat their zoos and wild animal parks better than
others (give more than lip service, they are high maintenance
facilities).

>> >> orca
>> >> bighorn sheep
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>> >We have all the eagles we can see around here every calving season,
and
>> >even Golden Eagles on occasion...
>> >I prefer osprey, which we have at the local lakes.
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>> I think the ng has a net.osprey or two. =A0Nope. =A0You can be the
first.
>> We have 2 net.eagles.
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>> >Condor is pretty darn rare.
>>
>> CA or Andes.
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>You mean species or location?  The California condors at the Grand
>Canyon seem to be comfortable near people.  There's a pretty large
>group that likes the area around Bright Angel Lodge.

Species in their home location.  I didn't know the GC had any transplants.
But then I don't get to the GC often.  Do you know their area?


>> >I've looked off the cliffs at my prior residence to see gray whales.
>> >I missed the elephant seal school field trip my wife and son went on.
>> >Sandhill crane in wrong end of country and pretty rare.
>> >I've seen griz at a respectful distance, and moose grazing in a pond.
>> >I have yet to see a wolf or the Roosevelt Elk or Bighorn Sheep, though
>> >there was a chance in the Glacier/Yellowstone area (and other people
>> >with binoculars saw a sheep near Yosemite, but I couldn't find it on
the
>> >rock face).
>>
>> Many of these guys blend in better.
>
>I was with my folks at Point Reyes with a bunch of whale watchers near
>the lighthouse.  My dad says he saw one for maybe ten seconds.

I have seen a few along the coast.
I've also now seen them from the air from a small plane (quite
impressive, near Shelter cove).  But then I've only recently seen
dolphins on our coast.

>> >Orcas are out of my range.
>> Orcas are cool.
>
>Seen 'em at Marine World (or whatever they're calling it now) and
>other marine parks.

Watched 2 breach (males) off the Kenai.

>> >I'm assuming zoos do not count.
>> You can count if you like. =A0This is the net.
>> The SF zoo shot one of their tigers.


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