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JOIN US AS WE VISIT THE HOME
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OF SOME OF THE LARGEST TREES
IN THE WORLD.
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LOCATED IN THE SOUTHERN SIERRAS
OF CALIFORNIA
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SEQUOIA NATIONAL FOREST PROVIDES
A VARIETY OF HABITATS...
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NEXT ON NATURE SCENE.
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A PRODUCTION OF:
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NATURE SCENE IS MADE
POSSIBLE IN PART
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BY A GRANT FROM SANTEE COOPER
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WHERE PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT
OF OUR ENVIRONMENT
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ARE EQUAL IN IMPORTANCE
TO PROVIDING ELECTRIC ENERGY.
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ADDITIONAL FUNDING IS PROVIDED
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BY THE CORPORATION
FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING
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AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU
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MEMBERS OF THE ETV ENDOWMENT
OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
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♪
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HELLO, AND WELCOME
TO NATURE SCENE
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AT THE SOUTHERN END
OF ONE OF AMERICA'S
GREATEST MOUNTAIN RANGES
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THE 400-MILE-LONG
SIERRA NEVADA.
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I'M JIM WELCH WITH
NATURALIST RUDY MANCKE
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AND WE'RE AT SEQUOIA
NATIONAL FOREST
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NOT FAR FROM
KERNVILLE,
CALIFORNIA.
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RUDY, THERE'S OVER A MILLION
ACRES OF EXCITING THINGS
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AND IT'S HOME TO THE WORLD'S
LARGEST LIVING THING.
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YEAH, AND I THINK
IT'LL BE INTERESTING, TOO
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TO SEE THE WAY THE WORLD CHANGES
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STARTING OUT HIGH
AND WORKING OUR WAY DOWN
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AND SEEING A GREAT VARIETY
OF HABITATS, TOO...
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AND WE'RE HERE
AS SNOW IS STILL ON THE GROUND.
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AT THIS ELEVATION
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YOU CAN SEE THE SNOW AND ICE,
REALLY, ALL AROUND US
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AND WE'RE BASICALLY
IN A CONIFEROUS FOREST.
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GEOLOGY IS EXCITING, THOUGH,
HERE, TOO--
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TALKING ABOUT
SOME OF THE GRANITE
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THAT I THINK WE CAN LOOK AT, UH,
ALL AROUND US
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BUT MAYBE A FEW TREES FIRST,
JUST TO GET US IN LINE--
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SOME TALL ONES, TOO.
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BIGGEST ONE HERE,
AT LEAST CLOSE
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IS, UH, INCENSE CEDAR.
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LOOK AT THE COLOR
ON THE BARK--
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REDDISH... CINNAMON RED, AND
SOME FOLKS MIGHT MISTAKE IT
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FOR, OF COURSE,
THE SEQUOIAS
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WHICH ARE MUCH,
MUCH LARGER.
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LOOK AT THE FLAT NEEDLES
ON THAT.
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REALLY ONE
OF THE LARGER CONIFERS HERE.
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AGAIN LI...
LOVES A LITTLE EXTRA MOISTURE.
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THIS LEVEL IS PERFECT
FOR IT.
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THAT'S AN EASY ONE
TO IDENTIFY, ALSO.
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SEE, LOOK AT THE PONDEROSA PINE
OVER HERE.
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"YELLOW BELLY"
SOME WOULD CALL IT.
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( chuckling ):
YEAH.
YEAH.
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THAT'S ANOTHER CONIFER
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THAT REALLY DOMINATES
AT THIS LEVEL
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AND, AGAIN, BOTH OF THEM
SHOOTING UP TOWARD THE SKY...
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LEAVES ON THROUGHOUT THE, UH,
THROUGHOUT THE WINTER.
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LOOK IN THE TOP HERE.
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JUST CAME IN.
LOOK AT THE...
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LOOK AT THE TOP
RIGHT THERE.
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WOODPECKER WORKING.
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WHITE HEAD...
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WHITE-HEADED WOODPECKER--
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THAT'S A GOOD COMMON NAME
FOR THAT, ISN'T IT?--
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WAY UP IN THE TREE,
LOOKING FOR A MEAL.
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WOODPECKERS ARE LOOKING
MAINLY FOR INSECTS USUALLY.
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LOOK AT HIM MOVING AROUND.
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ALMOST A CLOWN-LIKE
MASK ON HIS FACE.
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OH, YEAH...
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AND THAT SPECIES NOW
IS TYPICAL
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OF SITUATIONS,
UH, LIKE THIS.
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OH, THAT'S NICE.
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AND THEN
COMING DOWN
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YOU CAN HEAR AND SEE
THAT WATER.
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AGAIN, ICE IS WATER,
JUST IN SOLID FORM.
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THE LIQUID WATER IS ALSO
REARRANGING THE WORLD UP HERE
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ALONG WITH THAT ICE.
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AND THE TREES
ALONG THE SIDE...
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ALDERS?
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YEAH, ALDERS
WITH THE FLOWERS--
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SEE, THE CATKINS
THEY'RE CALLED-- UNROLL.
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THOSE ARE THE MALE FLOWERS,
PRODUCING SOME POLLEN.
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I CAN SEE
SOME OF LAST YEAR'S
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LITTLE CONE-LIKE STRUCTURES
ON THEM.
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BUT, NOW,
THOSE TREES ARE TYPICAL
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OF LOW, WET AREAS LIKE THIS
COMING IN PRETTY QUICKLY.
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AND THEN A FEW OAKS
AND OTHER THINGS
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AND I SEE ON THE FOREST FLOOR...
LOOK AT THAT THING.
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IT ALMOST LOOKS LIKE
A FERN.
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OH, THE SMALL...
YEAH, WHAT IS THAT?
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MOUNTAIN MISERY IS
ONE OF THE COMMON NAMES FOR IT.
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IT'S GOT A LOT
OF RESINS IN IT
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AND, REALLY,
IT CATCHES FIRE PRETTY QUICKLY
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BUT WHEN YOU WALK
THROUGH IT
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IT GETS STICKY STUFF
ALL OVER YOU
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SO, THE COMMON NAME,
MOUNTAIN MISERY
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BUT THAT'S ONE
THAT'S TYPICAL
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OF-OF, UH,
THIS AREA ON THE GROUND.
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CLOSE BY, RUDY,
THERE'S-THERE'S SAND
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OR-OR EARTH PILED UP,
ALMOST IN LITTLE MOUNDS.
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ISN'T THAT ODD?
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YEAH.
NOW, LOOK AT THAT.
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THAT IS POCKET GOPHER SIGN.
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WH-WHEN THE SNOW WAS THICKER
RIGHT THERE
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THE POCKET GOPHER
WAS NOT BURROWING IN THE EARTH.
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HE WAS BURROWING
IN THE SNOW
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AND THEN
AS THE SNOW BEGAN TO MELT
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HE STARTED BURROWING
IN THE EARTH AGAIN
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AND HE FILLED
THOSE SNOW BURROWS
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WITH THE S... THE DIRT
THAT HE WAS DIGGING OUT
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AND, NOW,
THE SNOW'S GONE
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AND YOU SEE THOSE "CORES"
THEY'RE CALLED.
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( laughing ):
NEAT SIGN
OF THAT ANIMAL.
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THE END OF FEBRUARY,
AT THIS ALTITUDE,
ABOUT 7,000 FEET,
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THERE COULD
BE MORE SNOW
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BUT THIS IS AS
HIGH AS WE CAN GO.
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YEAH, YEAH,
THIS-THIS KIND OF BLOCKS US.
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I LOVE THE VIEWS,
THOUGH
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OF THE ROCKS HERE.
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THAT'S ANOTHER PART
OF THE STORY.
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LOOK AT THAT OUTCROP THERE
OF GRANITE ROCK...
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REALLY A PART
OF A LARGE MASS OF GRANITE
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USUALLY REFERRED TO
AS A BATHOLITH--
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THAT MEANS "DEEP ROCK"--
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BECAUSE IT FORMS UNDERGROUND
A GOOD DISTANCE
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DEEP WITHIN TH-THE CRUST
OF THE EARTH, COOLS THERE
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AND THEN NOW
THIS STUFF HAS BEEN UPLIFTED
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STARTING ABOUT
TEN MILLION YEARS AGO
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SHOVED UP AND EXPOSED.
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LOOK AT THE WAY IT WEATHERS,
SEE?
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"EXFOLIATION"
THAT'S CALLED.
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IT PEELS OFF,
KIND OF LIKE THE, UH
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THE LAYERS IN AN ONION
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WITH THAT NICE GRANITE ROCK
STICKING OUT.
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THAT'S NEAT.
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LOOK RIGHT DOWN HERE.
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A MOURNING CLOAK
BUTTERFLY, RIGHT?
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SIGN OF WARMER WEATHER--
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MOURNING CLOAK
OUT ON THAT INCENSE CEDAR...
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HIBERNATES
AS AN ADULT, SEE...
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COMES RIGHT OUT
WHEN IT GETS WARM.
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LET'S GET STARTED.
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THESE MOUNTAINS ARE
MADE OF GRANITE
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AND PEOPLE COME JUST
TO STUDY THE GEOLOGY
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BECAUSE IT IS SUCH
A FASCINATING STORY.
06:12.200 --> 06:13.333 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
YEAH, AND TO THINK
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THAT THIS WAS ONCE,
YOU KNOW, LIQUID
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DEEP, DEEP WITHIN THE SURFACE
OF THE EARTH
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SOLIDIFIED THERE,
AND THEN WAS UPLIFTED
06:19.666 --> 06:22.533 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
AND, OF COURSE, NOW,
THE MATERIAL THAT WAS ABOVE IT
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HAS BEEN ERODED AWAY
06:23.833 --> 06:26.333 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
AND EVEN THE GRANITE
IS BEGINNING TO BREAK DOWN.
06:26.333 --> 06:28.966 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
HEY, IT GIVES YOU
SOME GREAT VIEWS, DOESN'T IT?
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THE SIERRA NEVADA--
THE "SNOWY RANGE" IS
WHAT IT STANDS FOR--
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THAT'S PROBABLY HALF THE
HEIGHT OF THE TALLER PEAKS.
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THEY GO UP ABOVE
14,000 IN SOME PLACES.
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THAT'S BEAUTIFUL,
WITH THE SNOW ON IT
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AND THE-THE CONIFERS
06:40.733 --> 06:42.833 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT
OVER THERE.
06:42.833 --> 06:44.733 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
NICE DISTANCE SHOT,
BUT THEN AGAIN
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HERE, RIGHT IN FRONT OF US,
YOU CAN SEE THE WAY
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THAT GRANITE'S
WEATHERING AWAY...
06:49.200 --> 06:50.966 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
BREAKING DOWN,
SLOWLY BUT SURELY
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WITH CRACKS IN IT
AND FISSURES.
06:52.666 --> 06:54.900 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
ICE, I SUPPOSE, HELPS
MAKE THOSE CRACKS.
06:54.900 --> 06:58.033 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
YEAH, AND EVEN THE PLANTS
COMING IN WILL-WILL PHYSICALLY
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BY THEIR ROOT STRUCTURE
GOING IN, BREAK THE ROCK AWAY
07:01.100 --> 07:03.566 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
AND-AND EVENTUALLY IT WEATHERS
INTO SANDY SOIL.
07:03.566 --> 07:06.233 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
I SEE A FEW DIGGER PINES
COMING IN DOWN THERE, TOO.
07:06.233 --> 07:09.000 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
WE'LL TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THEM
IN-IN JUST A WHILE.
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CONIFERS ALL AROUND US
07:10.666 --> 07:13.766 align:left position:30% line:77% size:60%
BUT WHAT ARE THESE, UH,
SMALL, UH, REED-LIKE
PLANTS IN FRONT OF US?
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YEAH, WELL, NOW,
ISN'T THIS INTERESTING?
07:15.633 --> 07:18.033 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
HERE'S A BRAND-NEW HABITAT
BY THIS FLOWING WATER--
07:18.033 --> 07:20.200 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
CATTAILS,
NARROW-LEAFED CATTAIL.
07:20.200 --> 07:22.233 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
CAME INTO
A LITTLE LOWER AREA.
07:22.233 --> 07:24.333 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
I GUESS
IT WAS WEAKER ROCK HERE
07:24.333 --> 07:27.000 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
SO IT-IT CRACKED QUICKER
THAN THE REST.
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LITTLE BIT OF SOIL BUILDS UP
AND THE PLANT DOES FINE.
07:30.666 --> 07:32.800 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5%
WHENEVER YOU LOOK
AT WATER LIKE THIS
07:32.800 --> 07:34.633 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
YOU'RE REMINDED
OF THE GLACIERS
07:34.633 --> 07:36.600 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
THE FROZEN WATER
THAT WAS WORKING
07:36.600 --> 07:38.833 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
IN HIGHER ELEVATIONS
IN THE SIERRAS
07:38.833 --> 07:41.366 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
BUT EVEN THE LIQUID, NOW,
CAN DO ITS WORK.
07:41.366 --> 07:44.066 align:left position:40% line:77% size:50%
EVEN AS WE SPEAK,
LITTLE BY LITTLE
BY LITTLE.
07:44.066 --> 07:45.933 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5%
TAKING IT DOWN,
BREAKING IT DOWN
07:45.933 --> 07:48.566 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
TAKING IT AWAY...
DUMPING IT SOMEWHERE ELSE.
07:48.566 --> 07:50.033 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
NEVER-ENDING STORY,
IS IT?
07:50.033 --> 07:51.033 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
THAT'S IT.
07:51.033 --> 07:52.200 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
LET'S KEEP GOING.
07:59.200 --> 08:02.366 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
ABOUT TWO-AND-A-HALF
MILLION PEOPLE A YEAR
08:02.366 --> 08:04.633 align:left position:50% line:83% size:40%
COME TO SEQUOIA
NATIONAL FOREST
08:04.633 --> 08:07.700 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
MANY OF THEM TO VISIT
THE SEQUOIA GROVES.
08:07.700 --> 08:09.366 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
AND TO SEE
A TREE LIKE THAT, HUH?
08:09.366 --> 08:11.333 align:left position:47.5% line:71% size:42.5%
OH... THIS...
A GIANT SEQUOIA
IS AMAZING.
08:11.333 --> 08:13.866 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
LARGEST THING OF ANYTHING
ON EARTH... LIVING THING.
08:13.866 --> 08:15.933 align:left position:15% line:77% size:75%
( chuckling )
LOOK AT THE SIZE
AT THE BASE.
08:15.933 --> 08:17.700 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
I MEAN, IT'S
TREMENDOUS DOWN HERE--
08:17.700 --> 08:18.966 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
NICE REDDISH COLOR
ON IT--
08:18.966 --> 08:20.366 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
AND THEN
AS YOU LOOK UP...
08:20.366 --> 08:22.500 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
I MEAN, IT'S-IT'S BIG
UP THERE, TOO.
08:22.500 --> 08:24.466 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
IT'S WIDE AT THE...
AT THE MIDDLE
08:24.466 --> 08:26.066 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
JUST LIKE IT IS
AT THE BASE
08:26.066 --> 08:28.700 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
AND LOOK AT THOSE LARGE BRANCHES
COMING OFF.
08:28.700 --> 08:30.233 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
OH, THAT IS AMAZING,
YEAH.
08:30.233 --> 08:33.500 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
HUMBLING EXPERIENCE TO BE
CLOSE TO SOMETHING THIS BIG.
08:33.500 --> 08:35.133 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
AND THESE THINGS SEEM
TO GROW
08:35.133 --> 08:37.500 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
ON L... UNGLACIATED,
UH, MOIST, UH, RIDGES
08:37.500 --> 08:39.966 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
SCATTERED GROVES,
YOU KNOW, HERE AND THERE.
08:39.966 --> 08:42.133 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
NOT AS BUN...
AS ABUNDANT AS THEY WERE
08:42.133 --> 08:43.900 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
60 MILLION YEARS AGO,
FOR SURE.
08:43.900 --> 08:46.900 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
MORE GROVES HERE THAN
ANYWHERE ELSE ON EARTH.
08:46.900 --> 08:48.066 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70%
MMM.
08:48.066 --> 08:50.533 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
WALKING AROUND IT--
LOOK AT THIS THING.
08:50.533 --> 08:51.700 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
( chuckling )
08:51.700 --> 08:53.866 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
GIVES YOU A FEELING
FOR THE SIZE.
08:53.866 --> 08:55.200 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
OH, MY GOODNESS.
08:55.200 --> 08:56.200 align:left position:60% line:89% size:30%
SUCH A TREE.
08:56.200 --> 08:57.566 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
LOOK AT THIS, TOO.
08:57.566 --> 08:59.100 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
AH, NOW, THESE
BREAK OFF AT TIMES?
08:59.100 --> 09:01.333 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
WELL, ONE OF THE NEAT THINGS
ABOUT THIS TREE IS
09:01.333 --> 09:04.033 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
THAT SOME OF THE BRANCHES ARE
AS BIG AS OTHER ENTIRE TREES
09:04.033 --> 09:06.466 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
AND, UH,
ONE OF THE THINGS I NOTICED
09:06.466 --> 09:08.933 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
AS WE WAS WAL...
WE WERE WALKING AROUND--
09:08.933 --> 09:10.166 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
LOOK UP AT THE TOP.
09:10.166 --> 09:12.733 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
THE BRANCHES REALLY DON'T COME
DOWN VERY FAR.
09:12.733 --> 09:14.633 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
I MEAN, THEY-THEY-
THEY'RE WAY UP
09:14.633 --> 09:17.000 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
BEFORE THEY START
COMING OUT OF THE SIDE.
09:17.000 --> 09:19.400 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
LOOK AT THE SIZE
OF THOSE THINGS, THOUGH.
09:19.400 --> 09:20.466 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50%
THICK, THICK BARK.
09:20.466 --> 09:22.300 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
AND PRETTY SOLID TREE,
YOU KNOW.
09:22.300 --> 09:24.566 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
IT REALLY IS RESISTANT
TO INSECT DAMAGE
09:24.566 --> 09:27.600 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
AND, UH, TO MOLD/MILDEW SORTS
OF PROBLEMS, DISEASES.
09:27.600 --> 09:29.833 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
I SEE THAT FIRE HAS COME
IN HERE A LITTLE BIT
09:29.833 --> 09:33.033 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
BUT SOMETIMES THAT'S GOOD,
GETTING RID OF THE LITTER BELOW
09:33.033 --> 09:35.333 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
AND THEN
THOSE LITTLE TEENY SEED CAN GET
09:35.333 --> 09:37.300 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
TO THE GROUND
AND GET STARTED AGAIN.
09:37.300 --> 09:39.766 align:left position:50% line:83% size:40%
AND THE AMAZING
THING, RUDY--
09:39.766 --> 09:43.200 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
YOU CAN SEE CONES
AROUND THE GROUND HERE
09:43.200 --> 09:47.600 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
AND THESE CONES ARE ABOUT
THE SIZE OF A HEN'S EGG.
09:47.600 --> 09:50.200 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
IT'S ALWAYS AMAZING
TO SEE THE SIZE OF THE CONE
09:50.200 --> 09:52.000 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
COMPARED TO THE SIZE
OF THE TREE
09:52.000 --> 09:53.533 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
AS YOU'VE
ALREADY MENTIONED.
09:53.533 --> 09:55.433 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
AND LOOK AT THIS ONE--
OLDER CONE.
09:55.433 --> 09:57.066 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
SEE THE LITTLE CREVICES THERE
09:57.066 --> 09:59.700 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
WHERE THOSE TINY SEED
HAVE WORKED THEIR WAY OUT
09:59.700 --> 10:01.900 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
AND HOPEFULLY,
DOWN INTO THE SOIL HERE.
10:01.900 --> 10:03.433 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
ISN'T THAT AMAZING, THOUGH?
10:03.433 --> 10:04.766 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
THE SIZE OF THAT THING!
10:04.766 --> 10:06.633 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60%
AND THE SEEDS SO TINY
10:06.633 --> 10:09.566 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
IT TAKES 90,000
TO MAKE ONE POUND.
10:09.566 --> 10:12.633 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
AND YOU CAN SEE
SOME WIND DAMAGE, I SUPPOSE--
10:12.633 --> 10:15.100 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
OR ICE DAMAGE--
PULLED THAT ONE OFF.
10:15.100 --> 10:16.933 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
NOW THAT'S
A FRESH ONE, RIGHT?
10:16.933 --> 10:18.900 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
WITH SEED DEVELOPING INSIDE.
10:18.900 --> 10:20.366 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
STILL NICE AND GREEN.
10:20.366 --> 10:22.066 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
AND REALLY,
ON THE BRANCH
10:22.066 --> 10:24.333 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
LOOK HOW SCALY
THAT BRANCH LOOKS.
10:24.333 --> 10:26.833 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80%
IT'S AMAZING
WHEN YOU THINK
THAT THIS SPECIES
10:26.833 --> 10:28.833 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
IS ONLY FOUND
ON THE WESTERN SLOPES
10:28.833 --> 10:30.466 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
OF THE SIERRAS
IN CALIFORNIA.
10:30.466 --> 10:32.366 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
AMAZING PLANT.
INTERESTING PLANT.
10:32.366 --> 10:33.833 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
MORE TO SEE, THOUGH, JIM.
10:33.833 --> 10:34.833 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
LET'S HEAD OUT.
10:46.233 --> 10:49.200 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
MUCH LOWER ELEVATION NOW
AND A GREAT DEAL DRIER.
10:49.200 --> 10:51.800 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
USUALLY CALLED THE SCRUB
OR CHAPARRAL ZONE
10:51.800 --> 10:54.833 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
BECAUSE OF THESE LITTLE SHRUBS
THAT DOMINATE HERE
10:54.833 --> 10:57.266 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
BUT THERE ARE A FEW TREES
THAT COME IN.
10:57.266 --> 10:59.933 align:left position:40% line:77% size:50%
FEW TREES
WITH THESE LONG,
BLUISH-GREEN NEEDLES
10:59.933 --> 11:01.333 align:left position:50% line:89% size:40%
AND RED BARK.
11:01.333 --> 11:03.000 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
A VERY COMMON TREE
IN THE AREA.
11:03.000 --> 11:04.766 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
COMMON NAME
IS DIGGER PINE.
11:04.766 --> 11:06.633 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
AND IT DOES SEEM
TO DOMINATE
11:06.633 --> 11:08.433 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
IN THIS PART
OF THE FOREST.
11:08.433 --> 11:11.433 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
IT WILL GET EVEN LARGER
THAN THIS HIGHER UP.
11:11.433 --> 11:14.433 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
THREE NEEDLES PER BUNDLE--
LOOK AT THAT.
11:14.433 --> 11:16.366 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
PRETTY LONG, TOO, REALLY.
11:16.366 --> 11:18.466 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
AND KIND OF A REDDISH
BARK ON THE TREE.
11:18.466 --> 11:19.766 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
TWISTED A LITTLE.
11:19.766 --> 11:22.200 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
AGAIN, THIS IS NOT
THE PERFECT HABITAT FOR IT
11:22.200 --> 11:25.266 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
BUT IT SEEMS TO GET UP ABOVE
THOSE SHRUBS RATHER NICELY.
11:25.266 --> 11:27.866 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
CONIFER, OF COURSE,
MEANS "CONE BEARER"
11:27.866 --> 11:30.166 align:left position:50% line:83% size:40%
AND THESE CONES,
RUDY, ARE HUGE.
11:33.266 --> 11:34.966 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
I'M SURE THAT'S
A HEAVY CONE, TOO
11:34.966 --> 11:36.466 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
BECAUSE LOOK
AT THE THICKNESS
11:36.466 --> 11:37.933 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5%
OF THE SCALES
ON THAT THING.
11:37.933 --> 11:40.966 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
HEAVY, AND THE BRACKS
ARE VERY SHARPLY POINTED.
11:40.966 --> 11:43.000 align:left position:50% line:89% size:40%
AND THE SIZE.
11:43.000 --> 11:45.233 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
WELL, YOU CAN SEE
THE SPACES IN THERE, TOO
11:45.233 --> 11:47.166 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
WHERE THOSE LARGE SEEDS
USED TO BE
11:47.166 --> 11:48.533 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
AND YOU FIGURE
THIS PLANT
11:48.533 --> 11:50.766 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
PROVIDES LOTS OF FOOD
FOR ANIMALS HERE.
11:50.766 --> 11:52.366 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
BUT THAT'S
ONE OF THE LARGEST
11:52.366 --> 11:55.333 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5%
AND PROBABLY THE HEAVIEST
CONES THAT I'VE EVER SEEN.
11:55.333 --> 11:57.133 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
LITTLE BIT OF RESIN
STICKING OUT
11:57.133 --> 11:59.466 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
ON THE SIDES OF THOSE
SCALES, TOO, RIGHT?
11:59.466 --> 12:01.566 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
THERE ARE 54 CONIFERS
FOUND IN THE STATES
12:01.566 --> 12:03.766 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
AND MORE THAN HALF, OR
ABOUT HALF, ARE ENDEMIC.
12:03.766 --> 12:05.533 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
THIS ONE IS JUST
COMMON TO THE STATE.
12:05.533 --> 12:06.800 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
MM-HMM. THAT'S
A NEAT CONE.
12:06.800 --> 12:08.766 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
AND THOSE PINES NOW RISE
ABOVE THE SHRUBS
12:08.766 --> 12:11.066 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
BUT THERE ARE A COUPLE
OF INTERESTING ONES HERE
12:11.066 --> 12:12.266 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
RABBIT BRUSH IS ONE.
12:12.266 --> 12:13.733 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
THAT'S A WIDESPREAD ONE.
12:13.733 --> 12:15.333 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
RABBITS FEED ON IT
A LITTLE
12:15.333 --> 12:17.166 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
AND CERTAINLY USE IT
FOR SHADE.
12:17.166 --> 12:20.333 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
BUT YOU SEE IT LOVES
DRY AREAS LIKE THIS.
12:20.333 --> 12:22.166 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
AND THEN BUCK BRUSH--
12:22.166 --> 12:25.033 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5%
UM, ANOTHER COMMON NAME
REFERRING TO AN ANIMAL--
12:25.033 --> 12:26.200 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
IS RIGHT BEHIND IT.
12:26.200 --> 12:28.100 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5%
IT'S JUST ABOUT
READY TO FLOWER.
12:28.100 --> 12:30.633 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
AND DEER, YOU FIGURE,
COULD HIDE IN THERE
12:30.633 --> 12:32.333 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
AND SEEK SOME REFUGE THERE.
12:32.333 --> 12:35.266 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
THOSE ARE TWO SHRUBS
THAT GET PRETTY HIGH HERE.
12:35.266 --> 12:37.633 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
UH... YERBA SANTA
IS THAT STRANGE-LOOKING
12:37.633 --> 12:40.600 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
LITTLE OLD PLANT DOWN THERE
WITH THE NARROW LEAVES.
12:40.600 --> 12:42.333 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
THEY'RE SHINY
ON THE TOP, SEE?
12:42.333 --> 12:44.333 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
MM-HMM. LOOKS ALMOST
STICKY ON TOP.
12:44.333 --> 12:45.800 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
YEAH. AND THAT'S
A SPECIES
12:45.800 --> 12:47.633 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
THAT REALLY COMES IN
AFTER FIRES
12:47.633 --> 12:50.900 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
AND I IMAGINE THIS IS ONE
OF THOSE AREAS, THIS CHAPARRAL
12:50.900 --> 12:52.666 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
THAT WOULD BURN
PRETTY QUICKLY.
12:52.666 --> 12:56.000 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80%
BUT THAT SPECIES SEEMS
TO COME IN AND DO BEST
AFTER FIRES.
12:56.000 --> 12:57.733 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
HUMMINGBIRD, JIM.
RIGHT THERE.
12:57.733 --> 13:00.333 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80%
SEE IT PERCHED
RIGHT ON THE TOP
OF THAT SHRUB?
13:00.333 --> 13:01.700 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60%
CAN YOU MAKE THE BIRD?
13:01.700 --> 13:03.933 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
WELL, HE'S MOVING AROUND
A LITTLE BIT.
13:03.933 --> 13:05.933 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
OLIVE ON THE BACK;
SHINY, METALLIC.
13:05.933 --> 13:08.333 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
RED ON THE THROAT...
BROAD-TAILED, MAYBE?
13:08.333 --> 13:10.233 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
MAYBE A LARGE,
LARGE HUMMINGBIRD.
13:10.233 --> 13:11.433 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
KIND OF HARD TO SEE
13:11.433 --> 13:13.766 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
BUT THAT'S NEAT
AGAINST THE TOP UP THERE.
13:13.766 --> 13:16.266 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
AND THEN, SINCE WE'RE LOOKING
IN THAT DIRECTION--
13:16.266 --> 13:17.666 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
DIGGER PINE, UP HIGH--
13:17.666 --> 13:18.766 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
THERE'S THE, UH...
13:18.766 --> 13:20.466 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
SOMETIMES CALLED
THE CALIFORNIA JAY
13:20.466 --> 13:22.833 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
BUT SCRUB JAY IS A LITTLE BETTER
NAME FOR IT.
13:22.833 --> 13:24.666 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
AND THIS IS A PERFECT
PLACE FOR IT.
13:24.666 --> 13:27.366 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
I MEAN, THE SCRUB ZONE,
CHAPARRAL ZONE, IS TYPICAL.
13:27.366 --> 13:28.800 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
SEE, THAT'S A BIG BIRD!
13:28.800 --> 13:31.266 align:left position:40% line:77% size:50%
VERY BRIGHT BLUE
BUT A LITTLE BROWN
ON THE BACK, YEAH.
13:31.266 --> 13:33.066 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
AND A LITTLE BIT OF WHITISH
ON THE FRONT.
13:33.066 --> 13:34.400 align:left position:70% line:89% size:20%
MM-HMM.
13:34.400 --> 13:36.500 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
HE'S LOOKING RIGHT AT US,
THERE IN THE SUNLIGHT.
13:36.500 --> 13:37.933 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
BUT THAT'S SO TYPICAL.
13:37.933 --> 13:40.500 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
THAT'S AN ANIMAL THAT YOU WOULD
EXPECT TO SEE RIGHT HERE
13:40.500 --> 13:42.033 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
AND, WELL, THERE IT IS.
13:42.033 --> 13:44.066 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
BUTTERFLIES OVER
HERE ON THE BUSHES.
13:44.066 --> 13:46.100 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
COMING TO THE FLOWERS.
LOOK AT THAT.
13:46.100 --> 13:48.666 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
THAT'S ONE OF THE RIBES
OR GOOSEBERRY PLANTS
13:48.666 --> 13:50.200 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
WITH YELLOW FLOWERS ON IT.
13:50.200 --> 13:51.366 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
AND THERE'S NECTAR
13:51.366 --> 13:53.433 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
AND SO HERE COME
THE, UH, BUTTERFLIES.
13:53.433 --> 13:55.433 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
MILBERT'S TORTOISESHELL
IS THE ONE...
13:55.433 --> 13:57.833 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
LOOK AT THE ONE THAT'S
SO BEAUTIFULLY COLORED
13:57.833 --> 13:59.500 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
WITH A VARIETY
OF COLORS ON IT.
13:59.500 --> 14:01.866 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
THAT'S A RELATIVE
OF THAT, UH, MOURNING CLOAK
14:01.866 --> 14:03.200 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
THAT WE SAW EARLIER
14:03.200 --> 14:04.733 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
SAME GENUS,
DIFFERENT SPECIES.
14:04.733 --> 14:06.666 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
A LITTLE MORE BRIGHTLY
COLORED, YEAH.
14:06.666 --> 14:08.866 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
AND THEN GETTING A SIP
OF NECTAR, YOU SEE?
14:08.866 --> 14:11.666 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
GIVING US A PRETTY GOOD VIEW
OF THE, UH, OF HIS BODY.
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WHAT'S THE OTHER
ONE THAT LOOKS
14:13.366 --> 14:15.266 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
SOMEWHAT SIMILAR,
BUT NOT EXACTLY?
14:15.266 --> 14:17.666 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
THE ONE ON THE, UH,
BRANCH OVER THERE BY IT
14:17.666 --> 14:19.433 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
YEAH, THE OTHER PLANT
OVER THERE
14:19.433 --> 14:21.533 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
IS THE, UH,
CALIFORNIA TORTOISESHELL.
14:21.533 --> 14:23.933 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
THERE ARE A LOT OF ANIMALS
AND PLANTS NAMED
14:23.933 --> 14:26.633 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
AFTER THIS STATE BECAUSE
THERE'S SO MUCH VARIETY
14:26.633 --> 14:28.166 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
14:28.166 --> 14:30.866 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
AND THAT, AGAIN, IS ONE
OF THE TORTOISESHELLS--
14:30.866 --> 14:32.166 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
SAME GENUS AS MILBERT'S
14:32.166 --> 14:34.233 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
SAME GENUS AS THE, UH,
MOURNING CLOAK.
14:34.233 --> 14:36.100 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
ALL OF THEM OVERWINTER,
AS ADULTS
14:36.100 --> 14:37.266 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
YOU KNOW, HIBERNATE.
14:37.266 --> 14:39.266 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
COME OUT AND,
UH, SPREAD THEIR WINGS
14:39.266 --> 14:40.266 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
IN THE SUN.
14:40.266 --> 14:42.133 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
I SEE ANOTHER
LITTLE BUTTERFLY
14:42.133 --> 14:43.600 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
ON THE YELLOW FLOWERS.
14:43.600 --> 14:44.933 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
YOU SEE THE ELFIN?
14:44.933 --> 14:46.266 align:left position:50% line:83% size:40%
OH, DOCKER...
A BROWN...
14:46.266 --> 14:48.233 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
WESTERN ELFIN--
TINY LITTLE THING.
14:48.233 --> 14:50.033 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
AND, AGAIN,
ADULT BUTTERFLIES...
14:50.033 --> 14:52.100 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
I MEAN, THEY DON'T GET
ANY BIGGER...
14:52.100 --> 14:54.600 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
ONCE THEY GET WINGS,
THEY DON'T GET LARGER.
14:54.600 --> 14:56.066 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
THAT'S
JUST A TINY SPECIES
14:56.066 --> 14:57.833 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
TYPICALLY FLYING
IN THE SPRING.
14:57.833 --> 15:00.266 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
LET'S HEAD ON DOWN
TOWARD THE KERN RIVER.
15:02.200 --> 15:04.966 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
TRY TO WORK OUR WAY DOWN
CLOSE TO THE RIVER HERE.
15:04.966 --> 15:07.233 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
THIS IS THE NORTH FORK
OF THE KERN RIVER
15:07.233 --> 15:08.666 align:left position:50% line:83% size:40%
AND THERE'S
54 MILES OF IT
15:08.666 --> 15:09.933 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60%
IN THE NATIONAL FOREST
15:09.933 --> 15:12.100 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
HALF OF IT, RUDY,
IN WILDERNESS AREAS.
15:12.100 --> 15:13.233 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
OH, BEAUTIFUL, TOO
15:13.233 --> 15:15.633 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
WITH THOSE MOUNTAINS RISING
BEHIND IT.
15:15.633 --> 15:17.266 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
AND SLOWLY
BUT SURELY, NOW
15:17.266 --> 15:18.733 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
THIS RIVER IS INVOLVED
15:18.733 --> 15:20.800 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
IN WEARING
THOSE MOUNTAINS AWAY.
15:20.800 --> 15:22.833 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
AND WATER RUSHING BY--
YOU SEE THE WAY
15:22.833 --> 15:24.500 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
IT'S REALLY MOVED
THESE THINGS.
15:24.500 --> 15:25.900 align:left position:50% line:83% size:40%
IT DOES, AND
ALL THE WATER
15:25.900 --> 15:27.800 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
GOES INTO LAKE
ISABELLA EVENTUALLY.
15:27.800 --> 15:29.300 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
NEAT VIEW
DOWN THE WAY, TOO.
15:29.300 --> 15:30.600 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
AGAIN,
SLOWLY BUT SURELY
15:30.600 --> 15:32.200 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
NATURE'S REARRANGING
THE WORLD
15:32.200 --> 15:33.966 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
AND CREATING A PRETTY
INTERESTING
15:33.966 --> 15:35.766 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
LITTLE RIPARIAN AREA
ON THE SIDE.
15:35.766 --> 15:37.533 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
RIPARIAN BEING
SOMEWHAT WETTER...
15:37.533 --> 15:39.066 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
YEAH,
RIGHT BY FLOWING WATER.
15:39.066 --> 15:40.333 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
AND COTTONWOODS ARE THERE.
15:40.333 --> 15:41.700 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
LOOK AT
THE COTTONWOOD TREES.
15:41.700 --> 15:42.866 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
LOOK AT THE THICK BARK--
15:42.866 --> 15:44.333 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
FURROWED BARK--
ON THOSE TREES.
15:44.333 --> 15:45.633 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
THAT'S SO TYPICAL.
15:45.633 --> 15:48.100 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
A FEW LEAVES HANGING ON,
BUT MOST OF THEM GONE.
15:48.100 --> 15:50.000 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
THAT'D BE
FREMONT COTTONWOOD HERE.
15:50.000 --> 15:52.100 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
LOOK AT THE, UH...
LOOK AT THE NEST.
15:52.100 --> 15:53.666 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
SEE THE LITTLE
BOLUS NEST--
15:53.666 --> 15:55.266 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
THE ONE THAT'S
HANGING DOWN?
15:55.266 --> 15:57.433 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
THAT'S AN ORIOLE,
NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.
15:57.433 --> 16:00.166 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
ONE OF LAST YEAR'S
ORIOLE NESTS, STILL UP THERE.
16:00.166 --> 16:03.066 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
MUST BE MADE OUT OF SOME
PRETTY STURDY MATERIAL.
16:03.066 --> 16:04.366 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50%
WHERE YOU SEE ONE
16:04.366 --> 16:06.233 align:left position:50% line:77% size:40%
THERE ARE GOING
TO BE SEVERAL
OTHERS AROUND.
16:06.233 --> 16:07.666 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
OH, YEAH.
THEY'LL BE COMING BACK
16:07.666 --> 16:09.500 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
A LITTLE LATER
IN THE, UH... IN THE YEAR.
16:09.500 --> 16:10.866 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
IT'S A GREAT PLACE
FOR BIRDING
16:10.866 --> 16:12.700 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
BEING NEAR
RECREATION AREAS...
16:12.700 --> 16:14.766 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
LOOK IN THE, UH,
COTTONWOOD THERE
16:14.766 --> 16:15.866 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
WITH THE CATKINS.
16:15.866 --> 16:17.966 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
WHAT IS... UH,
LADDER-BACK WOODPECKER
16:17.966 --> 16:19.600 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
WORKING THE CATKINS,
I THINK.
16:19.600 --> 16:21.233 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
YEAH, LADDER-BACK
WOODPECKER.
16:21.233 --> 16:22.766 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
LOOK AT THE BLACK
AND WHITE
16:22.766 --> 16:24.400 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
LADDER-LIKE LOOK
ON THE BACK.
16:24.400 --> 16:27.233 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
GOING TO THE CATKINS
WHICH ARE, YOU KNOW, FLOWERS
16:27.233 --> 16:29.000 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
BUT I BET
IT'S GETTING INSECTS.
16:29.000 --> 16:30.866 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
THAT'S PROBABLY
WHAT IT'S GETTING
16:30.866 --> 16:32.000 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
MORE THAN ANYTHING.
16:32.000 --> 16:33.000 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
OH, THAT'S NEAT.
16:33.000 --> 16:34.300 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
ANOTHER WOODPECKER
CLOSE BY
16:34.300 --> 16:35.300 align:left position:60% line:83% size:30%
AND NOT A
LADDER-BACK
16:35.300 --> 16:36.533 align:left position:50% line:83% size:40%
BUT VERY SIMILAR
MARKINGS.
16:36.533 --> 16:37.700 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
BLACK AND WHITE LIKE...
16:37.700 --> 16:39.466 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
LOOK AT... YEAH,
BIG BEAK, TOO, NOW.
16:39.466 --> 16:41.133 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
THAT'S A HAIRY WOODPECKER
FOR SURE
16:41.133 --> 16:43.066 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
WORKING HIS WAY UP
THE SIDE OF THAT TREE
16:43.066 --> 16:44.533 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
I GUESS,
GETTING SOME INSECTS
16:44.533 --> 16:45.900 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
UH, FROM UNDERNEATH
THE BARK
16:45.900 --> 16:47.600 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
OR MAYBE ONE OF THOSE
BROKEN AREAS.
16:47.600 --> 16:50.000 align:left position:52.5% line:77% size:37.5%
RUDY, THE DOWNY
WOODPECKER WOULD
BE MUCH SMALLER.
16:50.000 --> 16:51.700 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
YEAH, IT WOULD BE
SMALLER THAN THAT
16:51.700 --> 16:53.133 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
AND HAVE
A LOT SMALLER BEAK.
16:53.133 --> 16:55.033 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
NOW, BACK IN THE CATKINS,
ISN'T THAT A...
16:55.033 --> 16:57.366 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
THAT'S A TITMOUSE--
THE PLAIN TITMOUSE.
16:57.366 --> 16:58.366 align:left position:60% line:89% size:30%
OH, YEAH.
16:58.366 --> 16:59.966 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
SEE A LITTLE BIT
OF A CREST?
16:59.966 --> 17:01.233 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
AND, AGAIN, I'M SURE
17:01.233 --> 17:03.500 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
HE'S NOT GOING
FOR THE FLOWERS, REALLY.
17:03.500 --> 17:04.966 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
HE'S GOING FOR INSECTS
17:04.966 --> 17:06.766 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
THAT HAVE COME
TO THOSE FLOWERS
17:06.766 --> 17:07.766 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
IN THE CATKINS
17:07.766 --> 17:09.666 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
AND WORKING,
SLOWLY BUT SURELY.
17:09.666 --> 17:11.933 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
AND IS RATHER PLAIN
COMPARED TO MOST
17:11.933 --> 17:13.566 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
OF THE OTHER,
UH, TITMICE.
17:13.566 --> 17:15.866 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
AND THAT TREE IS
ABSOLUTELY FULL OF THINGS
17:15.866 --> 17:18.200 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
BECAUSE THERE'S
A RUFOUS-SIDED TOWHEE, A MALE.
17:18.200 --> 17:19.566 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
LOOK AT IT UP TOP THERE.
17:19.566 --> 17:21.233 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
SITTING RIGHT
THERE SO PERFECT.
17:21.233 --> 17:22.866 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80%
LOOK AT THE COLORS.
OH, YEAH.
17:22.866 --> 17:25.366 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
AND THE RUFOUS SIDE--
YOU CAN SEE THAT CLEARLY
17:25.366 --> 17:26.433 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
AND THE BLACK
17:26.433 --> 17:28.466 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
AND THEN SOME WHITE
ON THE WINGS.
17:28.466 --> 17:30.000 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
OH, THAT IS A NEAT BIRD
17:30.000 --> 17:31.600 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
RIGHT UP THERE
IN THE SUNLIGHT.
17:31.600 --> 17:33.300 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
RUDY, HERE'S ANOTHER
OF THE JAYS
17:33.300 --> 17:35.633 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5%
A SCRUB JAY WITH THAT
BLUE AND SLIGHT BROWN.
17:35.633 --> 17:37.133 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
OH, YEAH,
THAT'S A NICE BIRD.
17:37.133 --> 17:39.433 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
AND THIS IS A CAMPGROUND
AREA CLOSE TO HERE
17:39.433 --> 17:41.766 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
SO I'M SURE HE'S COMING
TO FIND A FREE MEAL.
17:41.766 --> 17:42.866 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
LISTEN TO THAT CALL.
17:42.866 --> 17:44.866 align:left position:32.5% line:89% size:57.5%
( screeching )
17:44.866 --> 17:46.300 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
AND THAT'S KIND
OF TYPICAL
17:46.300 --> 17:47.666 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
YOU KNOW,
FOR THAT BIRD.
17:47.666 --> 17:48.733 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
PERCHED UP HIGH
17:48.733 --> 17:50.366 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
AGAIN, LETTING
EVERYBODY KNOW
17:50.366 --> 17:51.900 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
THAT THIS IS
HIS TERRITORY.
17:51.900 --> 17:54.266 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
HERE'S ANOTHER BIRD
THAT'S SO UNUSUAL.
17:54.266 --> 17:55.866 align:left position:50% line:83% size:40%
YOU CAN TELL
THE PHAINOPEPLA
17:55.866 --> 17:58.200 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5%
WITH THAT BRILLIANT
BLACK-PURPLISH COLOR
17:58.200 --> 17:59.366 align:left position:50% line:89% size:40%
AND THAT CREST.
17:59.366 --> 18:00.566 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
A MALE, CLEARLY.
18:00.566 --> 18:03.033 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
YEAH, MUCH BRIGHTER
AND THAT METALLIC LOOK
18:03.033 --> 18:04.366 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
AND THAT ORANGISH EYE.
18:04.366 --> 18:05.933 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
LOOK AT THE IRIS
IN THE EYE
18:05.933 --> 18:07.666 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
AND THE NEAT CREST
BEING BLOWN
18:07.666 --> 18:09.100 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
A LITTLE BIT
BY THE WIND.
18:09.100 --> 18:11.000 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
SITTING, NOW,
CLOSE TO MISTLETOE.
18:11.000 --> 18:12.633 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
THAT IS A BERRY-FEEDING BIRD
18:12.633 --> 18:15.333 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
SO HE'S GOING TO TAKE
A LOT OF MISTLETOE FRUIT
18:15.333 --> 18:16.833 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
CHANGE IT INTO PHAINOPEPLA.
18:16.833 --> 18:19.233 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
TYPICAL OF THIS PART
OF THE UNITED STATES
18:19.233 --> 18:20.566 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
AND, UH, NOWHERE ELSE.
18:20.566 --> 18:22.233 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
WE GOT BIRDS
EVERYWHERE WE LOOK.
18:22.233 --> 18:23.400 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
IN THE TOP OF THE TREE
18:23.400 --> 18:25.200 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
AGAIN, THERE'S
ANOTHER WOODPECKER.
18:25.200 --> 18:26.266 align:left position:70% line:89% size:20%
FLICKER.
18:26.266 --> 18:27.933 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
NORTHERN FLICKER IS
THE NAME NOW.
18:27.933 --> 18:30.066 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
THE OLD NAME WAS
THE RED-SHAFTED FLICKER
18:30.066 --> 18:31.400 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
ON THAT BIRD.
18:31.400 --> 18:33.766 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
YOU SEE A LITTLE BIT OF RED--
ALMOST A MUSTACHE--
18:33.766 --> 18:35.000 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
ON THE SIDE OF THE HEAD.
18:35.000 --> 18:37.033 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
BUT THAT'S REALLY,
UH, REALLY A NICE ONE.
18:37.033 --> 18:39.433 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
ONE OTHER BIRD--
THE TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE, JIM.
18:39.433 --> 18:40.533 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
IT LOOKS ALMOST LIKE
18:40.533 --> 18:42.366 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
A MOCKINGBIRD
WITH THAT GRAY COLOR.
18:42.366 --> 18:44.133 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
BUT LOOK AT THE LITTLE
TINY BEAK.
18:44.133 --> 18:46.300 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
THAT FEEDS ON INSECTS
A LOT IN THE SUMMER
18:46.300 --> 18:47.600 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
BUT THIS TIME
OF THE YEAR
18:47.600 --> 18:49.900 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
THAT'S LOOKING FOR BERRIES
AND OTHER FRUIT.
18:49.900 --> 18:51.666 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
PROBABLY, AGAIN,
LOOKING FOR SOME
18:51.666 --> 18:53.033 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
OF THE FRUIT
ON MISTLETOE.
18:53.033 --> 18:54.400 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
THAT'S
AN INTERESTING BIRD
18:54.400 --> 18:56.633 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
TYPICAL OF THIS PART
OF THE UNITED STATES.
18:56.633 --> 18:58.333 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
IT'S A TOUGH BIRD
TO CALL, RUDY.
18:58.333 --> 18:59.533 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
OH, YEAH, IT IS.
18:59.533 --> 19:01.633 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
THIS IS A GREAT PLACE
FOR BIRDS, THOUGH--
19:01.633 --> 19:03.033 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
WHERE THERE'S
MOVING WATER
19:03.033 --> 19:04.266 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
LOW AREAS LIKE THIS.
19:04.266 --> 19:06.500 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
THIS TIME OF YEAR,
A PERFECT PLACE TO COME.
19:06.500 --> 19:07.733 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60%
LET'S HEAD DOWNSTREAM.
19:07.733 --> 19:09.200 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
ALL RIGHT.
I'LL FOLLOW YOU.
19:18.200 --> 19:20.400 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
IT MIGHT SEEM ODD
TO SOME TO THINK
19:20.400 --> 19:23.400 align:left position:50% line:77% size:40%
THAT WE'RE STILL
IN THE SEQUOIA
NATIONAL FOREST
19:23.400 --> 19:25.000 align:left position:60% line:83% size:30%
IN THIS SORT
OF A SETTING
19:25.000 --> 19:26.533 align:left position:60% line:83% size:30%
BUT THIS ALL
PART OF IT.
19:26.533 --> 19:27.533 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
WELL, IT CHANGES
19:27.533 --> 19:29.200 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
AS YOU COME DOWN
IN ELEVATION
19:29.200 --> 19:30.966 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
THERE'S NO QUESTION
ABOUT THAT.
19:30.966 --> 19:32.300 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
BUT AS WE'VE MENTIONED
19:32.300 --> 19:34.133 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
GRANITE IS
ONE OF THE ROCKS HERE
19:34.133 --> 19:35.533 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
THAT SEEMS TO DOMINATE.
19:35.533 --> 19:39.466 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
AND WHEN YOU EXPOSE GRANITE
TO THE ELEMENTS
19:39.466 --> 19:42.233 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
IT BEGINS TO WEATHER
LIKE THIS
19:42.233 --> 19:44.700 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
AND IT ENDS UP
IN SOME STRANGE SHAPES.
19:44.700 --> 19:46.866 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
SO THAT EXFOLIATION
ON BIG MASSES
19:46.866 --> 19:48.200 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
THAT PEELING OFF
19:48.200 --> 19:50.100 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
CONTINUES
WHEN YOU GET SMALLER
19:50.100 --> 19:51.333 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
AND SEE, YOU END UP
19:51.333 --> 19:53.366 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
WITH ROUNDED
FEATURES HERE, JIM?
19:53.366 --> 19:55.533 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
ALMOST LIKE HUGE
ROUNDED BOULDERS.
19:55.533 --> 19:58.100 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
YEAH, SPHEROIDAL WEATHERING,
IT'S CALLED
19:58.100 --> 20:01.066 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
AND GRANITE IS TYPICALLY
WEATHERING THAT WAY--
20:01.066 --> 20:02.866 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
ROUNDING OFF
FROM ALL SIDES.
20:02.866 --> 20:05.266 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
YOU CAN SEE DARKER
MATERIAL IN THERE, TOO
20:05.266 --> 20:07.400 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
MAYBE SOME OF THE ROCK
THAT WAS THERE
20:07.400 --> 20:09.300 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
AS THE GRANITE
CAME IN AS LIQUID.
20:09.300 --> 20:10.466 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
AND, OF COURSE
20:10.466 --> 20:12.800 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
NOW ALL THE ROCK
THAT'S ABOVE IT IS GONE.
20:12.800 --> 20:14.666 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
THAT PRESSURE
THAT THAT ROCK HAD
20:14.666 --> 20:16.466 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
IS RELEASED
AND THE CRACKS FORM
20:16.466 --> 20:18.833 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
AND THEN WATER
GETS IN THERE AND FREEZES.
20:18.833 --> 20:19.933 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
GOSH, THAT'S NEAT.
20:19.933 --> 20:21.133 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
AND BREAKING DOWN...
20:21.133 --> 20:22.500 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
YOU CAN SEE
WE'RE STANDING
20:22.500 --> 20:23.800 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
IN SANDY MATERIAL HERE.
20:23.800 --> 20:25.866 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
THAT'S WHAT'S LEFT
OF THE GRANITE ROCK
20:25.866 --> 20:27.533 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
ONCE IT WEATHERS AWAY.
20:27.533 --> 20:28.533 align:left position:50% line:89% size:40%
COARSE PIECES.
20:28.533 --> 20:30.000 align:left position:50% line:83% size:40%
LOOK AT THE HAWK
UP HERE.
20:30.000 --> 20:31.866 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
AND IT'S SOARING
RIGHT UP THERE.
20:31.866 --> 20:32.866 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
YEAH, OH, YEAH.
20:32.866 --> 20:34.400 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
GOT TO BE
A RED-TAILED HAWK.
20:34.400 --> 20:35.933 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
THAT IS A WIDESPREAD BIRD.
20:35.933 --> 20:37.266 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
NOW, YOU SEE THAT
20:37.266 --> 20:38.966 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
OVER MUCH
OF THE UNITED STATES.
20:38.966 --> 20:41.400 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
JUST SOARING WITHOUT
EVEN SHAKING HIS WINGS
20:41.400 --> 20:44.266 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
RIDING A LITTLE, UH,
WARM-RISING AIR CURRENT THERE.
20:44.266 --> 20:45.966 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
LOOK AT THE RED TAIL, THOUGH.
20:45.966 --> 20:46.966 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
THAT'S TYPICAL.
20:46.966 --> 20:48.300 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
OH, THAT'S A NEAT BIRD.
20:48.300 --> 20:49.766 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
AND A GOOD PLACE TO HUNT.
20:49.766 --> 20:51.033 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
IN THE OPEN AREA HERE
20:51.033 --> 20:53.600 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
YOU WOULD EXPECT RODENTS
TO BE AVAILABLE HERE.
20:53.600 --> 20:55.433 align:left position:52.5% line:83% size:37.5%
WOULD IT BE THE
MOST COMMON HAWK
20:55.433 --> 20:57.533 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
THAT WE WOULD SEE
ACROSS THE COUNTRY?
20:57.533 --> 20:58.633 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
PROBABLY, YEAH.
20:58.633 --> 21:00.466 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
I SEE SOMETHING
ELSE OVER HERE, TOO.
21:00.466 --> 21:02.433 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
IN THE LITTLE
COTTONWOOD THERE?
21:02.433 --> 21:04.533 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
COUPLE OF RAVENS,
I WOULD SUPPOSE.
21:04.533 --> 21:05.533 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
AREN'T THEY?
21:05.533 --> 21:06.866 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60%
THAT ROMAN NOSE, YEAH.
21:06.866 --> 21:08.800 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
COMMON RAVENS.
21:08.800 --> 21:11.566 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
AND, YOU KNOW, I WOULDN'T
DOUBT THAT THEY NEST
21:11.566 --> 21:13.900 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
IN THE PILE OF BOULDERS
BEHIND US HERE.
21:13.900 --> 21:15.900 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
THIS WOULD BE
A GOOD NESTING AREA
21:15.900 --> 21:17.066 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
AND THEN, OF COURSE
21:17.066 --> 21:18.866 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
FORAGE FOR FOOD
OUT FROM HERE.
21:18.866 --> 21:20.233 align:left position:50% line:83% size:40%
BIRDS SINGING
AROUND US.
21:20.233 --> 21:21.500 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
YEAH.
21:21.500 --> 21:24.033 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
LOOK AT THE SPARROW
RIGHT HERE IN FRONT, TOO.
21:24.033 --> 21:25.200 align:left position:60% line:89% size:30%
OH, YEAH.
21:25.200 --> 21:27.266 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
I THINK THAT'S
A GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW.
21:27.266 --> 21:28.566 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
THAT'S ONE
YOU WOULD FIND
21:28.566 --> 21:30.366 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
IN THIS PART
OF THE UNITED STATES.
21:30.366 --> 21:31.700 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
YOU WOULDN'T GET IT
21:31.700 --> 21:33.533 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
MUCH FARTHER EAST
THAN RIGHT HERE.
21:33.533 --> 21:35.666 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
BUT, UH, PINK BEAK,
LITTLE PINKISH LEGS
21:35.666 --> 21:38.233 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
AND THAT GRAY BACK
WITH THE DARKER LINES ON IT.
21:38.233 --> 21:40.066 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
YEAH, I THINK
THAT'S WHAT THAT IS.
21:40.066 --> 21:42.133 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
AND A LITTLE YELLOW
ON THE HEAD THERE.
21:42.133 --> 21:43.766 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
YEAH, THAT'S ONE
I HAVEN'T, UH
21:43.766 --> 21:45.000 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
I HAVEN'T SEEN BEFORE.
21:45.000 --> 21:46.500 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
BUT, AGAIN,
A SPECIES THAT'S
21:46.500 --> 21:47.700 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
TYPICAL OF THIS AREA.
21:47.700 --> 21:50.000 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
WE'RE VERY CLOSE
TO LAKE ISABELLA NOW.
21:50.000 --> 21:51.866 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
LET'S TAKE A LOOK
AT THAT NEXT.
22:01.866 --> 22:03.300 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
BOY, THAT'S
A CHILLY WIND
22:03.300 --> 22:04.766 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
THAT'S BLOWING,
ISN'T IT?
22:04.766 --> 22:06.833 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
IT'S GETTING TO
THE END OF FEBRUARY
22:06.833 --> 22:09.200 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
AND GETTING CLOSE
TO OPEN BODY OF WATER.
22:09.200 --> 22:13.033 align:left position:40% line:77% size:50%
WHAT SURPRISES ME--
THESE CLAM SHELLS
ALL OVER THE PLACE.
22:13.033 --> 22:15.966 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
ASIATIC CLAMS--
THAT'S A NON-NATIVE SPECIES
22:15.966 --> 22:17.300 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
THAT WE'RE NOT SURE
22:17.300 --> 22:19.566 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
HOW THEY GOT
TO THE UNITED STATES
22:19.566 --> 22:21.266 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
BUT THEY REALLY DOMINATE
22:21.266 --> 22:24.200 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
IN MANMADE BODIES OF WATER
LIKE THIS, JIM.
22:24.200 --> 22:25.633 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
OH, THIS IS NICE.
22:25.633 --> 22:27.866 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
STANDING WATER--
LOOK AT THE MERGANZERS.
22:27.866 --> 22:29.200 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
LOOK AT THAT DUCK.
22:29.200 --> 22:31.466 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
FISH-EATING DUCK,
AND THERE ARE SO MANY.
22:31.466 --> 22:32.633 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
THAT'S PROBABLY MORE
22:32.633 --> 22:34.533 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
THAN I'VE EVER SEEN
IN ONE PLACE.
22:34.533 --> 22:36.800 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
COMMON REGANZERS--
THAT RED ON THE TOP--
22:36.800 --> 22:39.633 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
SEE, ALMOST A LITTLE BIT
OF A PROJECTION BACK OFF
22:39.633 --> 22:40.966 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
THE BACK OF THE HEAD.
22:40.966 --> 22:42.933 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
WHAT ARE THEY
TYPICALLY FEEDING ON?
22:42.933 --> 22:43.933 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
OH, THAT'S FISH.
22:43.933 --> 22:45.533 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
FISH-EATER,
ALTHOUGH THEY'RE
22:45.533 --> 22:47.766 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
JUST OUT OF THE WATER
AND RELAXING NOW.
22:47.766 --> 22:50.633 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
BUT THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD
GROUP OF THEM OUT THERE.
22:50.633 --> 22:51.900 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
THOSE ARE NEAT BIRDS.
22:51.900 --> 22:52.900 align:left position:50% line:89% size:40%
LOOK OVER HERE.
22:52.900 --> 22:54.366 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60%
THESE, UH, LOOK LIKE...
22:54.366 --> 22:56.266 align:left position:50% line:83% size:40%
THEY'RE WHITE
ON THE BODIES...
22:56.266 --> 22:57.266 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
WESTERN GREBES.
22:57.266 --> 22:58.700 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
LOOK AT THAT LONG NECK.
22:58.700 --> 23:00.666 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
I MEAN, VERY,
VERY SLENDER NECK.
23:00.666 --> 23:02.900 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
BLACK ON THE BACK
OF THE NECK THERE
23:02.900 --> 23:04.233 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
WHITE ON THE FRONT
23:04.233 --> 23:05.233 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
YELLOWISH BEAK.
23:05.233 --> 23:07.166 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
ISN'T THAT NEAT?
WESTERN GREBE.
23:07.166 --> 23:08.800 align:left position:50% line:83% size:40%
VERY GRACEFUL
ANIMAL, TOO.
23:08.800 --> 23:12.000 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
YEAH, WATCH THEM MOVE
THROUGH THE WATER OUT THERE.
23:12.000 --> 23:13.366 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
THEY DON'T SEEM TO BE
23:13.366 --> 23:15.433 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
UH, BOTHERED
BY THE WIND AT ALL.
23:15.433 --> 23:17.533 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
NICE AND EASY
AS THEY MOVE ALONG.
23:17.533 --> 23:18.633 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50%
ALMOST SWAN-LIKE.
23:18.633 --> 23:20.900 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
YEAH, SWAN-LIKE NECK,
IT LOOKS LIKE.
23:20.900 --> 23:22.300 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
A VERY GRACEFUL BIRD.
23:22.300 --> 23:23.966 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
THAT MAY BE A LOON
OUT THERE.
23:23.966 --> 23:25.466 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
THAT ALMOST LOOKS LIKE...
23:25.466 --> 23:27.133 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
THAT COULD BE
A PACIFIC LOON.
23:27.133 --> 23:29.200 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
YOU KNOW, LOOK
AT THAT FINE BILL...
23:29.200 --> 23:30.533 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
BEAK, NOT VERY LARGE
23:30.533 --> 23:32.333 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
AND THE COLORATION
ON THE NECK.
23:32.333 --> 23:34.000 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
I THINK THAT'S
A PACIFIC LOON
23:34.000 --> 23:36.600 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
THAT'S JUST SPENDING
SOME TIME ON THIS LAKE.
23:36.600 --> 23:39.300 align:left position:50% line:77% size:40%
IT WOULD BE MORE
DELICATE THAN
THE COMMON LOON.
23:39.300 --> 23:40.400 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
YEAH, AND SMALLER.
23:40.400 --> 23:42.833 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
AND NOW THE, UH,
THE COUPLE OF COOTS.
23:42.833 --> 23:44.566 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
OF COURSE,
YOU WOULD EXPECT COOTS
23:44.566 --> 23:46.600 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
THAT REAL DARK BIRD
ALL OVER THE PLACE
23:46.600 --> 23:47.766 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
WITH THE WHITER BEAK.
23:47.766 --> 23:49.900 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
NOW, I SEE SOME
SCALP COMING BY, TOO
23:49.900 --> 23:50.900 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
A GROUP OF THEM.
23:50.900 --> 23:52.033 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80%
SEE THEM?
OH, SURE.
23:52.033 --> 23:53.900 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
KIND OF MOVING
IN OUR DIRECTION.
23:53.900 --> 23:56.100 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD
VARIETY OF BIRDS
23:56.100 --> 23:57.233 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
ON A DAY LIKE THIS.
23:57.233 --> 23:59.366 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
AND, AGAIN,
STANDING WATER LIKE THIS
23:59.366 --> 24:01.100 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
BRINGS THOSE
WATER BIRDS IN.
24:01.100 --> 24:02.300 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.
24:02.300 --> 24:04.833 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
WHAT A GREAT VISIT
AND WHAT A HEALING VISIT
24:04.833 --> 24:07.433 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
HERE IN THE SOUTHERN
SIERRAS OF CALIFORNIA.
24:07.433 --> 24:08.900 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
OH, IT'S
A SPECIAL PLACE.
24:08.900 --> 24:10.533 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
IT'S AN UNFORGETTABLE PLACE
24:10.533 --> 24:12.066 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
AND WE WERE
ABLE TO SEE IT
24:12.066 --> 24:14.466 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
STARTING UP HIGH
AT THAT 7,000-FOOT LEVEL
24:14.466 --> 24:16.866 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
WITH THE SNOW
AND THE CONIFEROUS FOREST.
24:16.866 --> 24:18.666 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
TALKED A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THE ROCKS
24:18.666 --> 24:21.100 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
YOU KNOW, THE GRANITE
AND THE WAY IT WEATHERS.
24:21.100 --> 24:23.100 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
THAT WAS INTERESTING,
I THINK, TO SEE.
24:23.100 --> 24:24.466 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
AND THEN, OF COURSE
24:24.466 --> 24:27.133 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
THE MOST SPECTACULAR TREE
OF ALL, THE GIANT SEQUOIA
24:27.133 --> 24:28.866 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
THAT GIVES THIS FOREST
ITS NAME.
24:28.866 --> 24:30.533 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
AND THEN DOWN
TO THE CHAPARRAL.
24:30.533 --> 24:32.033 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
AND, OF COURSE,
WE SAW EXACTLY
24:32.033 --> 24:33.333 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
WHAT WE EXPECTED, RIGHT?
24:33.333 --> 24:34.900 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
THE PLANTS
AND ANIMALS TODAY.
24:34.900 --> 24:36.100 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60%
AND THE DIGGER PINES.
24:36.100 --> 24:38.300 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
DIGGER PINE, THE SCRUB JAY
AND THE REST.
24:38.300 --> 24:40.300 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
AND THEN, OF COURSE,
THE KERN RIVER
24:40.300 --> 24:42.900 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
THE CAMPGROUND WITH BIRDS,
BIRDS AND MORE BIRDS
24:42.900 --> 24:44.933 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
MORE THAN I WOULD
HAVE EVER EXPECTED.
24:44.933 --> 24:46.000 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
AND THEN, OF COURSE
24:46.000 --> 24:47.866 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
EVENTUALLY DOWN AT THIS
RESERVOIR.
24:47.866 --> 24:49.200 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
VERY INTERESTING VISIT.
24:49.200 --> 24:50.533 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
LOTS TO SEE HERE.
24:50.533 --> 24:52.133 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60%
SEQUOIA NATIONAL FOREST
24:52.133 --> 24:53.966 align:left position:50% line:83% size:40%
NEAR KERNVILLE,
CALIFORNIA.
24:53.966 --> 24:55.966 align:left position:50% line:83% size:40%
COME AND SEE IT
FOR YOURSELF.
24:55.966 --> 24:57.800 align:left position:50% line:83% size:40%
IT'S GREAT ANY
TIME OF YEAR
24:57.800 --> 25:05.700 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
AND JOIN US AGAIN ON
THE NEXT NATURE SCENE.
25:05.700 --> 26:15.666 align:left position:50% line:5% size:40%
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26:18.866 --> 26:21.333 align:left position:25% line:5% size:65%
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POSSIBLE IN PART
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26:23.300 --> 26:26.666 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
WHERE PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT
OF OUR ENVIRONMENT
26:26.666 --> 26:30.200 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5%
ARE EQUAL IN IMPORTANCE
TO PROVIDING ELECTRIC ENERGY.
26:32.200 --> 26:34.900 align:left position:12.5% line:5% size:77.5%
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26:34.900 --> 26:38.600 align:left position:27.5% line:5% size:62.5%
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26:38.600 --> 26:40.700 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5%
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