5+ hour, 38+ min ago   (216+ words) Alligator lizards are typically active during the day and are widespread throughout the Tehachapi Mountains, though they aren’t as visible as Western Fence Lizards (“Bluebellies”) because they don’t climb up on prominent locations and bask. They get their common name…...

23+ hour, 38+ min ago   (265+ words) Costa Rica birds will be the subject of the Aug. 25 Tehachapi Audubon meeting. Dedicated birder Karen Evans will speak about her adventures birding in Costa Rica and present a slide show as well. She is sure to make this a…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (715+ words) One of the newest arrivals to the Tehachapi Mountains avian community are good-sized, grayish-buff birds with a pleasant appearance and distinctive call: Eurasian Collared Doves (Streptopelia decaocto). I never saw a single one of these birds in the Tehachapi area…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (867+ words) I was on Bear Mountain yesterday, and I spotted at least 11 California Condors. Even though I have seen them in the wild many times, I never fail to be awed by their size and presence. When you see them by…...

4+ week, 2+ hour ago   (263+ words) Sue commented: “Squirrels often do gymnastics to get a drink from our birdbath as you can see, but now a rabbit discovered it this morning and had a long deep drink.” The rabbit, a Desert Cottontail (Sylvilagus audubonii) used its…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (776+ words) The young male acorn woodpecker is stunned but not dead after flying into a big glass window in Bear Valley. This bird can be identified as a male by the fact that his red cap touches the cream-colored band on…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (253+ words) Tehachapi News Several Golden Hills residents have reported spotting bull elk on property that once formed the Golden Hills golf course, which was an 18-hole course that spanned both sides of Woodford-Tehachapi Road.The elk found in the Tehachapi Mountains…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (165+ words) Rosamond resident Mickey Dyke, who's been birding for more than a decade in Kern County and the Antelope Valley area, will guide the Tehachapi Audubon Group on a bird walk through Mountain Park on July 14. Rosamond resident and birder Mickey…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (123+ words) The Tehachapi Audubon Group, part of Kern Audubon Society, has announced it will conduct a bird walk at 7:30 a.m. July 14 in Mountain Park. A news release from the group said all levels of birders are welcome to come and see the…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1105+ words) A California Condor stops in a tree in Bear Valley Springs. According to Friends of California Condors, this bird was hatched on April 21, 1992, at the Los Angeles Zoo. She was later captured and returned to the captive breeding program before…...