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Field Trip to Mojave Trails National Monument, Mojave Desert, California
24 Jul
Field Trip to Mojave Trails

by Vickie Waite – 7/24/2018 You can live in the desert for decades, and never see it all, or really know it. All that land out there, those wide open

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Starry Night in Joshua Tree National Park by Chip Morton
22 Jul
Summer Nights in the Desert

by Vickie Waite – 7/20/2018 What do we do on summer nights in the desert? We get a little star crazy. [Get it? Stir crazy, star crazy.] Okay, some of

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Turkey Vultures at the Oasis of Mara, 29 Palms, California
13 Mar
The Turkey Vulture – “Our Seasonal Scavenger”

by Naturalist Pat Flanagan – 3/13/2018 Early in the year you often see kettles of turkey vultures in Twentynine Palms, with the birds gracefully rocking from side to side as

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