Our Camp Nelson Cabin in the Sierra Nevada Mountains

Story in today's Fresno Bee about a poacher who shot a Mama Bear.

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Here's a Mama Bear with her cubs at my place last year. I'm not familiar with High Sierra Ranger Station at Bolsillo Campground but that is where the bear was shot - with an arrow - and left to die. Campers heard her two cubs crying all night and alerted rangers. The rangers managed to capture the 33 lb. male cubs. They were taken to Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care as they are orphan cubs. The public's help is sought to identify the poacher.

Here's a black bear crossing our driveway to the forest trail.

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Image of Smoke from Lion Fire in Southern Sierra Nevada Mountains - July 28, 2011

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Pics snapped in vicinity of fire station at Camp Nelson, California.

Camp Nelson in the Southern Sierra Nevada Mountains - Images in and around Camp Nelson

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Images of Camp Nelson - Snow, Deer, Cabin, and Visitor Dogs

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Deer foraging at night in snow. The big yellow lab belongs to a friend. Big lab was visiting. The black dog lives across the road. These pics are with my game camera.

Images from the Southern Sierras - Snow, Trees, Mountains and the Camp Nelson Lodge

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Images of Waterfall - Water Rushing Down Mountain Side on Highway 190 near Ponderosa

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Images of April Snow in the Southern Sierra Nevada Mountains - Ponderosa and Highway 190

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Injured Does and Fawns at Camp Nelson, California 2011

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Wondering what is different at Camp Nelson. We have seen more injured deer since we bought the place in 2000. Beginning in October or November of 2010 - deer are showing up with injuries to their legs. I'm seeing bleeding wounds on legs - usually on knee area or thigh. We have also seen 3 deer with broken legs. I wonder what has changed.

One doe will probably lose the second twin born last year. The first one had a severely injured read right leg. The wound was bleeding. We didn't see it again. Now, the second twin has a broken right front leg.

Not seeing many squirrels, fox or other small animals either.

Four Images - Doe with Tiny Twin Fawns - August 2009 at Camp Nelson, CA

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Been so busy the past few years that I got way behind on posting to my blogs.

Images of Snow at Camp Nelson - Thanksgiving 2010 - Deer and Jays

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Images of Oaks and Cedars - Southern Sierra Nevada Mountains

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Pictures from summer 2010 - An oak tree was removed as it was leaning on the SCE lines and one other tree. The tree was rotted out and splitting at the base. Some wood was cut and the rest run through Bill's chipper. Deer and many other critters ate the leaves and chipped matter. We put the leaves in our woodpile area as a trail runs through.

Images of Mill Creek Area in San Joaquin Valley

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Images of Summer - Camp Nelson, California

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August Images - Three Bears - Mom and Twin Cubs - Southern Sierra Nevada Mountains

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The Three Bears - Mom & Twin Cubs

Image of Female Black Bear - Southern Sierra Nevada Mountains

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Momma Bear

This Momma Bear has twin cubs - one brown and one black.

Some Same - Some Different - But these Images are of Bears at Night in Camp Nelson, California

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Image of Queenie and Views from Our Deck, Southern Sierra Nevadas of California

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Queenie and her deck chair.

Images of a Fox and Bear - Fox Appears White in Camera's Flash

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Images of Bears - Our Woodyard in the Southern Sierra Nevada Mountains of California

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Our woodyard is in the midst of berry bushes and fruiting trees so bears like to hang out there. They also root all over our hillsides digging up grubs and whatever plus meatbee nests.

Image of a Rose - Peach in Color and Very Fragrant

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Image is an Oregon Sunset - Bandon, Oregon

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Image is Large Tree Stump

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Images of Creature Hunting at Night in the Southern Sierra Nevada Mountains

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I cannot identify this critter even as to whether it is a bird, a bat or something else. These pictures were snapped with an infrared camera on May 20, 2010, around 9:45 p.m. It is a very small creature.

Images - Wildflowers in Spring - Yokohl Valley in the Southern Sierra Nevada Foothills

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Golden flowers are Fiddlenecks, white are Meadow Foam, blue is lupine, orange are California poppies and others are unidentified by me.

Images - Highway 190 - Along the Tule River - Camp Nelson, CA

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Images - Frazier Valley Road - Fiddlenecks, Meadow Foam - Wildflowers Blooming in Pastures - Sierra Nevada Foothills

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Images - Views from The Stairs at The Tule River

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Images - Wildflowers Blooming in Fenced Pastureland in Frazier Valley in Tulare County, California

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The yellow flowers are "Fiddlenecks" and the white are "Meadow Foam".

Images - Barbed Wire Fencing with Wildflowers - Frazier Valley

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Images - Woodland Area - Camp Nelson in the Southern Sierras

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Images - Tule River - Downward Views - Southern Sierra Nevada Mountains

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Images of Wildflowers - Yokohl Valley - March 21, 2010

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We took a "Sunday Afternoon" drive through Yokohl Valley today to view wildflowers and snap some pictures. The white snow flowers are blooming as well as the golden fiddlenecks. (March 23, 2010 - I think the white flowers are "Meadow Foam" not snow flowers.)

Images from Along the Tule River - Tulare County, California

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These pictures are from March 7th - at "The Stairs" that lead to the Tule River. Redbud trees and wildflowers are blooming among the rocks and boulders at the Tule River.

Images of Twin Fawns - Southern Sierras

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These twins were born late Summer 2009 and were very tiny.

Images of Twin Fawns - born late summer 2009 and Mom on 030710

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Images of Frozen Snow - Camp Nelson - January 31, 2010

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Cold weather at our place on Sunday morning. The outdoor temperature was 27.7 at 7:30 a.m.

Two Images of Snow on Sierras - January 26, 2010

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Images of Baby Crow, Young Fox and Doe with twin fawns

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Scenes from our place in Camp Nelson - January 10, 2010

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Redbud with snowflakes - Tule River on Highway 190

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Young gray fox at night - Camp Nelson, CA

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Three Autumn Images of Deer at our place in Camp Nelson, California

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Daylight photos are of a doe with her twin fawns. They were born late in the year and are still small as of December 1. They are short and stocky reminding me of Shetland Ponies.

Our old cattledog, Abby, is an old girl now. Here she is in 2000 when we first acquired our cabin.

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Images of Gray Fox and Deer - Camp Nelson - Late Summer 2009

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Images of a gray fox hunting rodents in the Camp Nelson night.

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More images of deer at Camp Nelson. Note the tiny fawn on the right.

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Images of a Doe with her twin fawns waiting to cross Coy Flat Drive at Camp Nelson, California.

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I was sitting on my deck watching these deer when a loud "pop" frightened the mother. She ran to the edge of my property and eventually moved her family down the hillside.

Images of Newborn fawn with doe and twin fawns born in July.

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On right is newborn fawn with its Mom and on left are twins born on or about July 16, 2009.

Check out this image of fawn with odd spots on face. I wonder if this is from a gunshot.

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This is our blue merle Aussie on the left. The fawn on right still has the spots as of this date.

Views of Our Place at Camp Nelson - Summer 2009

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More images of Abby, the red merle Queensland Heeler. She was mainly white at age 2. She is gold, red, white and red freckled at age 12.

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Old pictures of Camp Nelson on a hot summer day.

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Images of Abby the Queensland Heeler - Camp Nelson as a young dog

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Images of Baby Ground Squirrels, Blue Jays and maybe a chickaree.

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More pictures of fox at night - hunting rodents in Camp Nelson.

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Two pictures of a flock of pigeons that frequents our place in Camp Nelson.

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These are large Sierra pigeons. On this day - I was able to count 30 but there were more. They milled around too much for me to an accurate count. It didn't matter anyway.

Image of a Doe with her fawn and the fawn has unusual dark spots.

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I'm wondering if this fawn is injured. I've never seen a fawn with dark spots much less ones like these.

These are images of deer passing through in the evening at our Camp Nelson cabin.

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Images of Fox at night - hunting for rodents in Camp Nelson, CA

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Belknap Campground - Camp Nelson, CA - Summer 2008

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Images of Boulder and Structure

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Image of Redbud Tree Blooming on Highway 190 Near Camp Nelson, California

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Here is our devoted dog Maggie - January 1995 to April 24, 2009.

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Here she is in the snow at Camp Nelson in February 2008. The other picture is Maggie, as a pup, with her late buddy - Bailey.

Images - Raccoons at Night

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I've seen them both day and night.

Images of Crab Apple Tree Blooming in Camp Nelson, California

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This was previously identified, in error, as a "dogwood tree".

Images - Snow at Camp Nelson - some of my favorite pictures.

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Image of Redbud Tree In Bloom Along the Tule River In the Southern Sierra Nevada Mountains

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The Tule River is visible at lower right. White spots are snowflakes.

Images of Soda Springs Located in Camp Nelson, California. These pictures were taken on June 8, 2008.

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Yosemite Coyote Capturing Rodent When It Ran in Yosemite Valley Snow.

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Pictures of Deer Browsing in Fresh Snow - March 22, 2009

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They like this woodpile area.

Snow pictures - Camp Nelson's first snow of Spring 2009

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Image of a Critter by the Woodpile peering in a gopher hole.

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Is this a cat - a fox or what? The tail at 11:41 p.m. looks like a fox tail.

Here's a picture of Bill's dog - Moby.

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Moby stops by sometimes. I think we're on his route.

Snowing at Camp Nelson, CA on March 22, 2009

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Rain began, at our place, around 11 p.m. March 21 and turned to snow overnight.

Images of Snowfall along Highway 190 below 3000 feet.

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Out the Winshield: Snow on Highway 190, March 22, 2009

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Snow Pictures: Snowing at Camp Nelson - 8 a.m. March 22, 2009

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Image of a mountain lion stalking a deer.

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A friend was searching for this so I posted it again. Ray sent this one to us. This photo was snapped in Northern California. The Camp Nelson mountain lions look the same. I saw one creeping up on Maggie one night. I immediately snatched her out of harm's way.

Snowflakes and Snow at Camp Nelson, California

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Downward View of the Meadow at Camp Nelson, California

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Our place is located in amongst the trees. The roof is just barely visible in upper left.

View of the Sierras from Highway 198 in the San Joaquin Valley

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Snow pictures posted today include snow on a batbox.

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Snow on the Sierras - Views are from Visalia, California

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Images - Some are Snow Does - All at Camp Nelson, California

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More Images - Deer and Cabin in Camp Nelson

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More of John's Images of Our Cabin Property at Camp Nelson, California

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Two images of a melting snowman as viewed from our deck at Camp Nelson.

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Snow Images of Camp Nelson Area - December 27, 2008

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The cabin picture is a duplicate.

Images of Snow out a windshield on Highway 190 and out my cabin window.

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Image of Deer at Camp Nelson, Summer of 2008

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Another image of snow along Nelson Drive at Camp Nelson.

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Images snapped while driving on Nelson Drive by the Fire Station, December 27, 2008

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Three Images of My New Little Girl Dog - Queenie!

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Images of Snow in the Camp Nelson Area on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day 2008.

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Images of Scat and Tracks left at our Camp Nelson Home on Christmas Morning, 2008.

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I think the tracks are those of a "perfect walker" but I don't know which of the two "scat droppers" made the tracks. The animal visited early Christmas morning. It came from Nelson Drive down to our trail - left scat - and continued over to our neighbor's house and left tracks on their roof. I'm thinking the larger scat is that of a bobcat or mountain lion and the smaller is that of a fox.

Cold at Camp Nelson Last Week

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The lowest temperature at our place was 19 degrees overnight. We had several inches of powdery snow. I have photos to unload and post but also have a new puppy so posting will have to wait for tomorrow. Having lunch with Pam today.

Cold today at Camp Nelson and looks like snow tonight!

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I'm going to Valley Oak SPCA tomorrow - Christmas Eve - and selecting a puppy to be named Queenie. Hopefully - we will not be snowed "out".

More later . . .

Looks like about 6 inches of snow on the ground and more to come . . .

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5:00 p.m. on Monday, December 22nd, 2008, there is snow on the ground. I'm thinking there will be more tonight as it is only 32 degrees at this time. It is cold!

Images of Deer at My Place, Autumn 2008

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