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Offline Wrightwood

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Re: Ring Tail Cat Returns
« Reply #20 on: Mar 14, 03, 05:37:56 AM »
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Re: Ring Tail Cat Returns
« Reply #21 on: Mar 14, 03, 05:52:29 AM »
The motion sensor sounded this morning at 1:50am, 3-14-03 as the Ring Tail Cat
returned after last being seen on 3-6-03.
The video was captured on VHS tape using an Infrared Illuminator and night vision camera.

The movies can be download and require Windows Media Player to be installed and working.

1.3 meg file
ftp://http://www.wrightwoodcalif.com/forumimg/nature/2ndsuet.wmv

1.8 meg file
ftp://http://www.wrightwoodcalif.com/forumimg/nature/Slither1.wmv

3.5 meg file
ftp://http://www.wrightwoodcalif.com/forumimg/nature/eyesYawn1.wmv
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Re: Ring Tail Cat Returns
« Reply #22 on: Mar 14, 03, 01:43:02 PM »
Hey Webmaster,
thanks for the fine video... that is better quality than those "World's Dumbest Criminal" shows....

Thanks again for such a great job!

BigDog
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Re: Ring Tail Cat Returns
« Reply #23 on: Mar 15, 03, 06:10:21 AM »
Many thanks. The kids are thrilled--but still shaking their heads in disbelief. They loved hearing from you, too.
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Re: Ring Tail Cat Returns
« Reply #24 on: Mar 15, 03, 08:31:36 AM »
Hey Oldsub, it's a good thing we don't have duckbilled platypusses, or is it platypusi? up here.  The kids wouldn't believe those either.
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Re: Ring Tail Cat Returns
« Reply #25 on: Mar 16, 03, 02:03:23 AM »
I'm going with platypi. Truthfully, I can't believe you brought that up because --well guess what animal was featured in their "Weekly Reader" on Friday ???
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Re: Ring Tail Cat Returns
« Reply #26 on: Mar 16, 03, 10:08:23 AM »
Well oldsub, it just goes to prove I'm psychotic, or is it psychic?
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Re: Ring Tail Cat Returns
« Reply #27 on: May 27, 03, 08:22:53 AM »
After months since the last Ring Tail Cat sighting, todays trip to the post office was interesting.

Just after noon today, I went out back to get in the Jeep for a post office run. Out of the corner of my eye I saw what appeared to be a cat like object take off from the wood pile. I drove the Jeep in the direction the cat headed, got out ran across the fenced yard to get a closer look.

The cat headed towards the back fence corner and as I chased it I noticed a unique striped tail as it leaped on top of the 6 foot chain link fence. The movements the cat made were not that of a house cat. I truly believe that I saw the Ring Tail Cat again. This time in broad daylight.
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Re: Ring Tail Cat Returns
« Reply #28 on: May 27, 03, 09:19:23 AM »
Wow that is so cool Webmaster!  A daylight sighting of the Ring Tail Cat!  
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Ring Tail Cat
« Reply #29 on: Oct 13, 10, 09:17:38 PM »
Like Toolman said, it is rare we don't see some type of "big game" (Deer, Bear, Bighorn, Coyote, Bobcat, Fox, Lemur, etc.) when out there in the forest.  As he mentioned, we usually put at least 70 - 90 miles a day on the truck when out on patrol and that obviously increases our chances of seeing them..

LEMUR??
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Re: Ring Tail Cat
« Reply #30 on: Oct 13, 10, 09:57:13 PM »
Quote from: lcadder on Oct 13, 10, 09:17:38 PM
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LEMUR??

Yes, Ringtailed.  They are arboreal, chiefly nocturnal mammals of the family Lemuridae, usually having large eyes, a foxlike face, and woolly fur.  They look like a cross between a monkey and a cat.

I believe "Wrightwood" has a picture of one drinking from his "guzzler" a few years back.  My sighting was between Elk Camp and Jackson Lake.

We also have porcupines in the Angeles National Forest, but I haven't seen any of those.  They sleep in the trees at night and are primarily noctural like the Lemurs. But one of these days...
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Re: Ring Tail Cat
« Reply #31 on: Oct 13, 10, 11:24:50 PM »
I'll have whatever RobertW is drinking... (Just what does Wrightwood have coming out of that guzzler???)......then I will be ready to go out and look for those porcupines in the trees ;D :laugh: :laugh:
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Re: Ring Tail Cat
« Reply #32 on: Oct 13, 10, 11:38:14 PM »
Quote from: superMom on Oct 13, 10, 11:24:50 PM
I'll have whatever RobertW is drinking... (Just what does Wrightwood have coming out of that guzzler???)

Kinda reminds me of that famous line in the movie, "When Harry Met Sally"...... ;D

Dang, I never knew that porcupines can climb trees!  :o  But, I really don't know a whole lot about them.  Better study up, I guess.   ;D
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Re: Ring Tail Cat
« Reply #33 on: Oct 14, 10, 01:00:34 PM »
Quote from: superMom on Oct 13, 10, 11:24:50 PM
I'll have whatever RobertW is drinking... (Just what does Wrightwood have coming out of that guzzler???)......then I will be ready to go out and look for those porcupines in the trees ;D :laugh: :laugh:

LOL!!!

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.  I know what I saw... ;D

They are very hard to see because they are very shy and mostly nocturnal.  Here's the picture I was thinking of.  It was on "Wrightwood's" porch.  Not a good picture, but he said he did have a tail like that in the next picture:






As for porcupines living in trees, here is a quote from the National Geographic site:

"The porcupines found in North and South America are good climbers and spend much of their time in trees. Some even have prehensile (gripping) tails to aid in climbing. The North American porcupine is the only species that lives in the U.S. and Canada, and is the largest of all porcupines. A single animal may have 30,000 or more quills. North American porcupines use their large front teeth to satisfy a healthy appetite for wood. They eat natural bark and stems, and have been known to invade campgrounds and chew on canoe paddles. North American porcupines also eat fruit, leaves, and springtime buds."

I'm not crazy...  I'm not crazy...   ;D   ;D
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Re: Ring Tail Cat
« Reply #34 on: Oct 14, 10, 01:42:37 PM »



The motion sensor sounded this morning at 1:50am, 3-14-03 as the Ring Tail Cat
returned after last being seen on 3-6-03.
The video was captured on VHS tape using an Infrared Illuminator and night vision camera.

The movies can be download and require Windows Media Player to be installed and working.

1.3 meg file
http://www.wrightwoodcalif.com/forumimg/nature/2ndsuet.wmv

1.8 meg file
http://www.wrightwoodcalif.com/forumimg/nature/Slither1.wmv

3.5 meg file
http://www.wrightwoodcalif.com/forumimg/nature/eyesYawn1.wmv
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Re: Ring Tail Cat
« Reply #35 on: Oct 14, 10, 05:54:31 PM »
No sh*t?!

I wonder if that's what I've seen at night on PCH.  I assumed the little cat-looking things were foxes.  Over many years, I've only seen them on one or two occasions, but they have always been at the very edge of my headlight's reach so I couldn't see much.  As a matter of fact, my GF and I were up there at night not long ago and I told her, "If you see something that looks like a cat, with a bushy tail, it's a fox."  I had no idea these even existed!  I wonder if they come down to the roadside to pick up roadkill moths...

I dunno...that tail shouldn't be hard to spot...maybe they really were foxes.
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Re: Ring Tail Cat
« Reply #36 on: Oct 14, 10, 09:21:58 PM »
How in the world did we get Lemurs?  They only live in the wild in Madagascar!  I just don't think that is really a Lemur - maybe some odd squirrel, but a Lemur?  Lemurs are primates, and we don't have any wild primates in the U.S.
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Re: Ring Tail Cat
« Reply #37 on: Oct 14, 10, 09:30:55 PM »
Found it!  NOT a Lemur - this is a "ring tailed cat"!


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring-tailed_Cat
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Re: Ring Tail Cat
« Reply #38 on: Oct 15, 10, 07:34:14 AM »
This one is gonna be in town tomorrow! ;D
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Re: Ring Tail Cat
« Reply #39 on: Oct 15, 10, 10:35:50 AM »
Quote from: whitegold4vk on Oct 14, 10, 09:30:55 PM
Found it!  NOT a Lemur - this is a "ring tailed cat"!


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring-tailed_Cat

Thanks for clearing that up!   :2thumbsup:
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