From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Sun Jul 27 16:46:10 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h6RNiNFh002589 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 27 Jul 2003 16:44:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rwcrmhc12.comcast.net (rwcrmhc12.comcast.net [216.148.227.85]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h6RNhHkK002544 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 27 Jul 2003 16:43:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from 9wwu6 (12-232-73-42.client.attbi.com[12.232.73.42](untrusted sender)) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc12) with SMTP id <2003072723431601400cksiue>; Sun, 27 Jul 2003 23:43:17 +0000 From: "Mike Feighner" <[[email protected]]> To: "South Bay Birds" <[[email protected]]> Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2003 16:43:18 -0700 Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Importance: Normal Cc: Jim Gain <[[email protected]]>, Dan Murphy <[[email protected]]> Subject: [SBB] FW: [STA_Birds] Del Puerto Cyn Fire Photos X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2+ Precedence: list List-Id: South Bay Birding List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Errors-To: south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Forwarding the following post to South Bay Birds as many reports of Del Puerto Canyon come to this list. The report touches on the damage caused by last week's fire. -- Mike Feighner, Livermore, CA, Alameda County -----Original Message----- From: Jim Gain [mailto:[[email protected]]] Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2003 2:36 PM To: CVBIRDS; [[email protected]] Subject: [STA_Birds] Del Puerto Cyn Fire Photos I took a drive up the canyon this morning to see the damage from last week's fire. It was surreal. At mile 12.5 I could smell the burn in the air. At mile 14.5 you could see patches of burned areas around some of the hillsides. By mile 15.7 the entire creek and hillsides were blackened. The park had some damage as the fire burned the softball field and surround hills, but they managed to save the playground area. The Deercreek campground was intact. I understand that is where the firefighters made their stand when they got surrounded by the quick moving fire. However, all of the off-road area was torched. The area around the Del Puerto Ranch gate (just above the park) was totally consumed. This is the area where Yellow-breasted Chats frequently nested. The burned area stopped abruptly at mile 17.5. Three miles of burned riparian habitat and surrounding chaparral and blue oak woodlands. I can't imagine what will happen with the first rains. I posted a few photos at http://www.stanislausbirds.org/del-puerto-fire-2003.htm Jim Gain Modesto _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. south-bay-birds mailing list ([[email protected]]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://www.plaidworks.com/mailman/options/south-bay-birds/south-bay-birds-archive%40plaidworks.com This email sent to [[email protected]]