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Mount Lemmon, with a summit elevation of 9,159 feet (2,792 m), is the highest point in the Santa Catalina Mountains. It is located in the Coronado National Forest north of Tucson, Arizona, United States. Mount Lemmon was named for botanist Sara Plummer Lemmon, who trekked to the top of the mountain with her husband and E. O. Stratton, a local rancher, by horse and foot in 1881. Mount Lemmon is also known as Babad Do'ag, or Frog Mountain to the Tohono O'odham.
Location Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, U.S.
Parent range Santa Catalina Mountains
Topo map USGS Mount Lemmon
We returned to the Marshall Gulch trailhead and then hiked up the Aspen Trail to the aspen grove, November 1979.
Scanned Kodachrome transparency taken with an Olympus OM-1, processed with Picasa.
(1979-11b-30)
On the weekend of August 9th Tania's nephew and his wife visited us, so on Saturday we drove them up Mount Lemmon for a short hike and picnic. We followed the Meadow Trail as far as Lemmon Park and the overview.
RAW file processed with Olympus Viewer 3.
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Taken a couple of days after our record snowfall of December 8.
Scanned Ektachrome half-frame transparency processed with Picasa.
(1972-01a-02)
Photos from a hike on Mount Lemmon. We went past the old radar station (now the UA Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter) and through Lemmon Park, then looped back on the power line road.
Scanned Kodachrome transparency, adjusted with Picasa.
(1979-09a-06)
A fungus rich environment. I checked climate records for 1981 and Tucson had over six inches of rain the month before, which might explain it.
Kodachrome transparency taken with an Olympus OM-1. Copied with a Nikon ES-1 on Olympus 35mm f3.5 macro lens/E-510. RAW file processed with Olympus Viewer 2.
(1981-08b-33)
This RV was on fire when my son and I were on the way up the Catalina Highway, after pulling over , I got out and helped an older lady out the back side door and then I saw on old man trying to get out the back window, I pulled him out, no one hurt, but a total loss.
Cause? Trying to drive up a grade in high heat at around 2 PM, tranny overheated... DUH!
A fungus rich environment. I checked climate records for 1981 and Tucson had over six inches of rain the month before, which might explain it.
Kodachrome transparency taken with an Olympus OM-1. Copied with a Nikon ES-1 on Olympus 35mm f3.5 macro lens/E-510. RAW file processed with Olympus Viewer 2.
(1981-08b-18)
This star trail photo is comprised of 67 stills shot at 15 seconds 1600 ISO f/2 35mm on a Canon T5i. Stacked with Photoshop
I saw numerous wild turkeys while hiking in the Mt. Lemmon area in the Santa Catalina Mountains north of Tucson. I believe that these are Gould's Turkey but I can't really tell the difference between Gould's Turkeys and Merriam's Turkeys. I think the location and the white on the tail indicates that these are Gould's turkeys.
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The fifth recognized, but least known, wild turkey subspecies is the Gould's (Meleagris gallopavo mexicana) found in portions of Arizona and New Mexico, as well as northern Mexico. It was first described by J. Gould in 1856 during his travels in Mexico.
Like the Merriam's, the Gould's is a bird of the mountains. It exists in very small numbers along the U.S./Mexico borders in Arizona and New Mexico, but is abundant in the northwestern portions of Mexico. The Arizona Game and Fish Department, U.S. Forest Service, the Centro Ecologico de Sonora, the National Wild Turkey Federation and other agencies are working cooperatively to reintroduce a strong Gould's population into Arizona and eventually other states where suitable range exists.
The Gould's turkey is the largest of the 5 subspecies and resembles the Merriam's turkey. They have longer legs, larger feet and larger center tail feathers than any of the other wild turkey subspecies in North America. Gould's differ by having distinctive white tips on the tail feathers and tail rump coverts, which usually separate to show an "eyelash" appearance. Lower back and rump feathers have copper and greenish-golden reflections, not like the faintly iridescent velvety black found on the Merriam's. Gould's body plumage is said to be somewhat blue-green in coloration. Adult females have a less pronounced metallic greenish and reddish sheen and are more purplish.
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