In our region it’s also tarantula season. At Pinnacles this time of year male tarantulas leave burrows and are all over the roads and trails.. rangers are typically out trying to get drivers slow down en route #PinnaclesNationalPark 🕷️
"California is home to more than 1,300 species of spiders, and about 40% of all of the nation’s spiders live in the state." On Tarantula mating season: www.latimes.com/environment/... via @lilaseidman.bsky.social
Tarantula mating season is in full swing. Not everyone comes out alive
October is a peak mating month for tarantulas in California, when the hulking, furry males set out in search of a mate. They don't always come out alive.
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October 27, 2025 at 5:48 AM
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new vlog: Kauaeranga Kauri Trail (Pinnacles Hut Walk) in Aotearoa New Zealand vt.tiktok.com/ZSUGQsa4v/
October 22, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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Not really, but a condor (#1027) that hatched in Pinnacles in 2020 has taken up residence in Southern California.
In contrast, no SoCal birds have ever visited Pinnacles, though over the years several have been to Big Sur for a short amount of time.
In contrast, no SoCal birds have ever visited Pinnacles, though over the years several have been to Big Sur for a short amount of time.
October 23, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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When taking pics of vast spaces, it helps to have a person there for context. (Even better if that person is handsome and you’re wildly in love with him. 😁❤️)
#hike #hamiltonmountain #mountain #photography #views #love
#hike #hamiltonmountain #mountain #photography #views #love
October 26, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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I don’t think I’ve been to pinnacles since it’s been a national park so maybe time to bring the kids to check this out.. when the government reopens, maybe someday.
October 27, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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Almost 60 years ago I started climbing the big old walnut trees in our orchard remnant, then the 90’ tall Monterey Pine next door. Later I took up the rock on Mt Diablo, then Pinnacles, Lovers Leap, Donner Pass, Emerald Bay, Yosemite & so on. Even the Rotten Log Pitch on Royal Arches before it fell🌿
Climbing Giants | Full Film
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October 23, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekQforQuiet
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A quiet stroll across the grassy headland to gaze at the sea and the ancient Duncansby Head stacks rock formations, near John O’ Groats, the most north-easterly point of the British isles.
#EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky
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A quiet stroll across the grassy headland to gaze at the sea and the ancient Duncansby Head stacks rock formations, near John O’ Groats, the most north-easterly point of the British isles.
#EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky
October 24, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Church spires, #Dunscore.
#photography #bw #grayscale #monochrome #bwphotography #filmphotography #fineartphotography #film #35mm #southwest #Scotland
#photography #bw #grayscale #monochrome #bwphotography #filmphotography #fineartphotography #film #35mm #southwest #Scotland
October 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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But if I fits, the cave I acquits.....or something like that. I've been through The Pinnacles and Luray Caverns.
October 23, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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Is the range of the original Pinnacles/Big Sur-based condor group starting to overlap with the range of the group at Sespe Condor sanctuary?
October 22, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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The Mordai, I didn't think about their cities much, but the image that pops into my mind immediately is eternal twilight, blue lanterns, mazelike streets, high towers and pinnacles, and massive open thoroughfares and courts. Very grand, stately, and kind of morose. Lots of pale grey stone.
October 23, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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2020 - Prona Pinnacles - Bronica SQ-AM Velvia 50
October 20, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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So huge! First time I ever saw one was in Big Sur from a car.. they are just so enormous and unmistakable with giant numbered tags.
Went to pinnacles on a rainy day about 20 years ago and saw 30 or so riding updrafts in a sunny moment in between rain showers.
Went to pinnacles on a rainy day about 20 years ago and saw 30 or so riding updrafts in a sunny moment in between rain showers.
October 23, 2025 at 5:20 AM
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Republican gerrymandering in red states rigs elections, stealing our national voice. Prop 50 isn't just about California; it's a critical counter-punch to defend fair representation nationwide. Don't let MAGA silence us. Vote YES on 50 to protect our democracy. #Yeson50
October 19, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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This Saturday, October 25th, at 9 AM, tune into the Ventana Wildlife Society live stream to watch seven condors get released into the wild!
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📸: California condor at Pinnacles National Park | @heinphoto.bsky.social
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📸: California condor at Pinnacles National Park | @heinphoto.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Wikipedia is one of the great pinnacles of civilization
Wikipedia Volunteers Avert Tragedy by Taking Down Gunman at Conference
By Andy Newman
At Civic Hall in Union Square, a man with a gun walked onto the stage at a Wikipedia conference.
Richard Knipel, CUNY's Wikimedian-in-Residence, jumped the gunman and, with others' help, saved the day. Gift link
By Andy Newman
At Civic Hall in Union Square, a man with a gun walked onto the stage at a Wikipedia conference.
Richard Knipel, CUNY's Wikimedian-in-Residence, jumped the gunman and, with others' help, saved the day. Gift link
Wikipedia Volunteers Avert Tragedy by Taking Down Gunman at Conference
www.nytimes.com
October 18, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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In Western Australia, you can see stromatolites that are billions of years old at Lake Thetis, on your way out to the Pinnacles - a desert full of limestone structures that formed around plant roots when the whole area was under the ocean. Try to be there at the golden hour when the sun is setting.
October 20, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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Subject: California Condor soaring above Pinnacles National Park
October 19, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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1) Performance is one of the pinnacles of politics, you can’t make a powerful statement without among a splash
2) Yes, calling it “feel good & performative” comes with a measured amount of slight. That’s because there’s much to be done that feels bad and is not comfortable, is this fact hurtful?
2) Yes, calling it “feel good & performative” comes with a measured amount of slight. That’s because there’s much to be done that feels bad and is not comfortable, is this fact hurtful?
This condescending shit pisses me off. People out here on (maybe? hopefully?) their day off work, showing they aren’t dead inside. That they care about their neighbors and their country. To call it “performative” is some truly pretentious bullshit. These people in the streets are the real America.
October 19, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CENTRAL MONTEREY AND SOUTHEASTERN SAN BENITO COUNTIES UNTIL 545 AM PDT [wind: 30 MPH, hail: 0.50 IN] for Mountains Of San Benito County And Interior Monterey County Including Pinnacles National Park, Northe... Link
October 22, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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"These particular women’s voices were with me in the 80s when I was a teenager and first fixated on the possibility of being a band. They all have their unique energy and style, eschewing the pinnacles of too-slick fame-and-money stardom for a rawness that I could relate to."
Herb Sundays 166: Miki Berenyi
The Lush/Miki Berenyi Trio legend with pivotal tunes: "...lots of different women’s voices –happy, wistful, lively, dark, angry, celebratory… anything to remind me of the gamut of possible emotions"
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October 19, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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#SteepleSaturday
Church of St John the Baptist, Harescombe. Consecrated in 1315, restored in 1870-71.
Church of St John the Baptist, Harescombe. Consecrated in 1315, restored in 1870-71.
October 18, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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The American taxpayer is now funding troll farms.
The Latin Americanization of American politics has reached new pinnacles
The Latin Americanization of American politics has reached new pinnacles
October 18, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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View from the Pinnacles in the Danby State Forest this Saturday at the Danby Down and Dirty after the 10k runners had passed and I started hiking in the direction of the 23k runners
#photo #photography #landscape #danby #danbystateforest #danbydownanddirty #forest #stateforest
#photo #photography #landscape #danby #danbystateforest #danbydownanddirty #forest #stateforest
October 17, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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Sadly, we've been out of Cali since '05, but are going back in a month and yes, we are going straight to the Pinnacles (a regular Birding/Camping stop for years) Can Not Wait !
October 15, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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