Culvert Removal

We took out a couple of culverts that were left over from previous incarnations of Highway 1 and the old ranches. Here are some highlights. Besides the frogs and gobies, we found quiite a bit of wildlife in the area. All of the work was done in September 2010.

Baby southwestern pond turtle.

Pacific staghorn sculpin. We got into a muddy area between the broken sections of the culvert that had over 40 of these fish. This is about as big as they get and they are edible, however we let them all go.
Praying mantis.

Giant water bug with eggs.

The destruction of the concrete box culvert.

Me trying to find some of the frogs that kept moving back underneath the culvert during demolition.

Using a torch to cut all the steel in the roof of the structure. And there was a lot!

I've been on hiatus

Well, sort of. I've just been really busy and have been negelcting to post anything. So I will now attempt to catch up on what's been happening.

Here's some photos of the boat that came ashore on the sandspit. Pictures are out of order, first is the pile in the morning after it was wrecked. Second is the meyhem that took place until 2 in the morning. Third is the boat after it came ashore.



And this last picture is a bird I caught one day while mist nettting for song birds. This is a juvenile Cooper's hawk. The adult also hit the net as they were hunting. The adult killed a small bird, maybe a wren if I remember correctly. The younger bird got stuck in the net. It was released unharmed.
More pics soon.