Came to San Diego at 18, now in my 70s. Love this corner of California. My wife, son, grandkids are SD natives. Enjoying the county from ocean to desert.
I hope you guys do a Nature show on the South Bay Wildlife Refuge. There's sooo many birds out there. I was surprised it wasn't featured in this episode.
@@desertdarlene Tijuana River was onced pure and clean has now became 1 of the most Polluted. Thanks to the Arrival of the New Invasive Human Species that made Sewers and Dams are responsible for all the killings of Cougars, Grizzlies, Coyotes, Wolves, Moose etc.
I've lived in seven different states, each for several years, and San Diego by far has the highest quality of life for humans and the most wildlife I've seen on a daily basis. Got up yesterday and walked from my house at the lagoon, saw a sea turtle and red-tailed hawk, and I saw a bobcat on a bike trail last week, again on a ride from my house. We see whales, dolphins, ospreys, hummingbirds, snakes, coyotes, mule deer, etc. on a daily basis (for some) and most on a weekly or monthly basis. And I live in the suburbs three miles from the ocean, not in the middle of nowhere. This is a needed story to be told.
I’ve just recently been realizing how lucky I am to live in a city where I can see so much wildlife. I’ve seen dolphins at IB, big horned sheep in borrego springs, deer in Jamul, snakes and lizards and so many different species of birds. It’s incredible how diverse it is!
Born and raised here in SD, i tell so many people about the biodiversity, hodges, balboa, blacks beach, ramona, san dieguito lagoon, elfin forrest, warner springs, all places ive had surreal natural experiences
Every pocket of wildlife is magic. It’s amazing how easy it is to fall in love with the beauty and interconnectedness of the world here. I just got back home to SD after being away for 6 months, saw pelicans gliding over Hodges as the sun backlit the oaks, a magical sunset contrasting against a full moon at Black’s Beach, and ate wild grapes and harvested acorns in Ramona over the past 4 days. This is a place like no other.
We have hawks, falcons, hummingbirds, egrets, coyotes, bobcats, opossums, squirrels, rabbits, and tons of other birds come in our suburban yard all the time. It's truly majestic! Being from the Midwest, the squirrels and rabbits are actually much less common to see here, so I actually get excited to see them now 😂 Saw more raccoons downtown than in the "wild," but they're wonderful too! Love this city!! Thank you for highlighting it's wonders!! ❤❤
The thing to keep in mind is, the reason these wildlife still exist is because they live in patchworks of remaining habitats (parks, reserves). If urban development keeps going unchecked, even these will be gone pretty soon.
I grew up in San Diego in a canyon view house. So much wildlife and beauty. From Red Tail Hawks, Rattlesnakes and baby Cottontail Rabbits showing up in the backyard. I grew up to love and appreciate all living creatures.
Well done video content make time seem like it flies by in an insant. This video felt like it was a minute long. Native San Diegan and photographer here, nature lover and fisherman...You shot my hometown in ways I've never seen or thought about and I also fly drones lol. Great work.
Born and raised in El Cajon. We used to have alot of Trees many Beautiful big big Native Trees that are no longer their bcuz they cut them almost all down. Many went Extinct some survived bcuz they turned El Cajon into a Farmland then that Failed so they turned into a Big City. Some of these Trees Produced Nuts and we used to eat them as kids. We used to have alot of Red Tailed Hawks, Blue Jays, Quails, Ducks, Bats, White Owls (Sea Gulls Suprisingly) Humming Birds, *Sparrows●Crows●Pigeons* were the most Common. EC is also where those Green Parrots come from but they're not indiginous to the area but they are now i guess.... (theyre from Mexico or South America i think) They were brought here by some Foriegner and released by that guy in the Granite Hills High School Area back in the early to mid 90s. They also now frequent Imperial Beach, Ocean Beach, Pacific Beach, La Jolla and now theyre even in LA. San Diego is Beautiful. According to my ancestors San Diego used to be better bcuz we used to have Jaguars here but they were killed off in part of the Dark and Silenced History of the USA.
Thank you for saying this; it's important to appreciate the nature we still have, but also essential to remember the nature that's been lost to development. We must work collectively to find ways to preserve what nature remains (and if we can, bring back some of what was lost); it's what makes San Diego so special and ecologically important.
Lived in Newport (OC) for 4 years, I was shocked by the amount of animals. Bald Eagles, blue whales, gray whales, hump backs, dolphins, all the hundreds of species birds that migrate though back bay or stay year round, coyote packs, halibut, guitar fish, lobsters, rays, harbor seals, sea lions, snakes, lizards, hundreds of different fish species i can't even mention, and even a mountain lion that was captured and relocated. Im not surprised San Diego is #1.
Calling all animal lovers! Cody Roberts of Daniel, Wyoming has yet to be punished for his horrific abuse towards a wolf cub known as Thea. We must not allow him, nor any other torturer of animals get away with only a slap on the wrist. If any of you care, please fight that real justice be met! Keep this story alive, ask for better animal protection laws, continue to protest until he is given server jail time for his awful crimes. Don’t let Thea die in vain! Demand that her murderer is brought to justice. That’s what it means to be a Wildlife Warrior! #JusticeForWolves
Very beautiful. I DO hope we don't cluster our country with humans all in small areas like SD. We have so many wide open spaces!❤ I hope we spread out. I think we can do more for the natural world that way. What do I know? It just makes more sense to me
Don't eff up the few wild areas we have left !! We already have 8.2 billion people on Earth breeding like rats and taking over all the land with developments..
There are actually a lot of wide open spaces inside the city of San Diego as well as just outside it. They showed some of them on this show, but there are so many other places they didn't show. For example, San Diego has one of the largest urban natural parks in the country. You can hike it, and in some areas, you won't even see a building or a power line.
Spreading out means more development over more area, meaning less area for native animals/plants to thrive. Density is the friend of nature, and is something that San Diego and many US cities could stand to learn if they want to prioritize nature
Native been here my whole life. It would be fantastic if there wasn't a person on your heels EVERYWHERE. And people in a constant hurry not listening that run red lights at just about EVERY light. Adding in to the mix housing with pricing that is impossible escalating the homeless "challenge".
Chaparral is the bedrock of San Diego's biodiversity. It needs protection in SD county, it's more than just 'brush' or 'fuel' that needs to be gotten rid of.
Thankfully it is hard to develope land. Brutal slopes, big hard rocks. Temperatures are less ideal there.. many want to be more coastal. I dont see it being over developed any time soon
By the time you guys were done patting yourselves on the back about how difficult it was to capture the video for your documentary it was already over.
Lmao not even kinda wrong. I was so confused. It's like bonus content. Is there an actual documentary about the wildlife of San Diego, or just this one about some guys talking about it?
I think we could have made this film about any city. CO springs certainly has a lot of wildlife. For this film, we use the term "wildest" as a way to describe biodiverity. As far as the number of species, there's no where in the Continental US that has more species of plants and animals that San Diego county - hence the play on San Diego's nickname - "America's Finest City" to "America's Wildest City"
It is trippy, but it makes sense since they did the whole county. Ocean + coast + chapparel + desert + mountains. Even without the whole county, San Diego is a city that sprawls pretty far
Please leave California, it’s are plan to turn the state red again, starting with the beach towns, always has the most sensitive liberals who don’t even touch the ocean
I popped this on another comment but it makes sense since they did the whole county and are referring to biodiversity. It just depends on what you characterize "wild" as. Biomes: Ocean + coast + chapparel + desert + mountains (cliff notes version). Even without the whole county, San Diego is a city that sprawls pretty far.
as is the case with too many of these nature documentaries, there is too much human face time and not enough time showing the actual plants and animals! we really only need to hear your narration (and don’t need to see you at all).
@@jeannerogers7085 Dumb argument. We live in one part of America too, North America. That doesn't keep Mexico from being the drug cartel capital of the hemisphere that specializes in making babies to sneak across the border into the United States and drag our country down.
It's the "most biodiverse city" because the scale of invasive and introduced plants is insane. Shit, in the past few years we've had the blessing of the palm weevil coming to the county! Nevermind it came here because of the over 10 non-native palms homeowners and city have spread like weeds around the county, putting the one native palm at risk. There are
Wow this comment was so informative thank you 🙏 I’ve lived in San Diego since I was 5 I’m 48 now and I had no idea eucalyptus trees 🌴 were invasive and invasive plants and I was blown away by how much I learned just from reading 📖 your comment ❤
San Diego native here- love its wildlife :)
Born in San Diego, raised in Chula Vista and now live in the community of San Carlos. Love the city and county, so much to see and do.
And everything is like 20 minutes away from each other.
Came to San Diego at 18, now in my 70s. Love this corner of California. My wife, son, grandkids are SD natives. Enjoying the county from ocean to desert.
I hope you guys do a Nature show on the South Bay Wildlife Refuge. There's sooo many birds out there. I was surprised it wasn't featured in this episode.
@@desertdarlene Tijuana River was onced pure and clean has now became 1 of the most Polluted. Thanks to the Arrival of the New Invasive Human Species that made Sewers and Dams are responsible for all the killings of Cougars, Grizzlies, Coyotes, Wolves, Moose etc.
Moved to San Diego from Virginia 2 years ago. This is the most magical place I've ever spent time in.
So great to finally see this film out the in the world. THANK YOU PBS Nature for giving us this incredible opportunity.
100% accurate about living in nature but not equating it as documentary worthy when we went fishing on Hodges. Thanks for the perspective!
Thank you!
I've lived in seven different states, each for several years, and San Diego by far has the highest quality of life for humans and the most wildlife I've seen on a daily basis. Got up yesterday and walked from my house at the lagoon, saw a sea turtle and red-tailed hawk, and I saw a bobcat on a bike trail last week, again on a ride from my house. We see whales, dolphins, ospreys, hummingbirds, snakes, coyotes, mule deer, etc. on a daily basis (for some) and most on a weekly or monthly basis. And I live in the suburbs three miles from the ocean, not in the middle of nowhere. This is a needed story to be told.
That is a big part of what makes sd county so special ❤ 🙏👍
If you can afford it
@@christopher7042 True. Many great places to live are expensive. We're fortunate.
I really enjoyed this episode. Used to live in San Diego over 20 years ago and I miss watching the dolphins off of Mission Beach in my morning walks.
I’ve just recently been realizing how lucky I am to live in a city where I can see so much wildlife. I’ve seen dolphins at IB, big horned sheep in borrego springs, deer in Jamul, snakes and lizards and so many different species of birds. It’s incredible how diverse it is!
SD is laid back, easy going attitude, appealing to so many life forms. Great video.
I love this 💖 I'm a third generation San Diegan! Born and raised.
This was super cool to watch!! Great job guys!
As a San Diegan this makes me proud and surprised, never knew we were the most biodiverse I would guess that would be in Florida or Hawaii.
Since they specified ‘continental US’ I’m thinking Hawaii may have more?
Or alaska?
Born and raised here in SD, i tell so many people about the biodiversity, hodges, balboa, blacks beach, ramona, san dieguito lagoon, elfin forrest, warner springs, all places ive had surreal natural experiences
Every pocket of wildlife is magic. It’s amazing how easy it is to fall in love with the beauty and interconnectedness of the world here. I just got back home to SD after being away for 6 months, saw pelicans gliding over Hodges as the sun backlit the oaks, a magical sunset contrasting against a full moon at Black’s Beach, and ate wild grapes and harvested acorns in Ramona over the past 4 days. This is a place like no other.
@patrickreider9552 that is so fuckin awesome, life is good here
Love hearing about the techniques and equipment used to do all this !
San Diego living loving it. Great Episode!
We have hawks, falcons, hummingbirds, egrets, coyotes, bobcats, opossums, squirrels, rabbits, and tons of other birds come in our suburban yard all the time. It's truly majestic! Being from the Midwest, the squirrels and rabbits are actually much less common to see here, so I actually get excited to see them now 😂 Saw more raccoons downtown than in the "wild," but they're wonderful too! Love this city!! Thank you for highlighting it's wonders!! ❤❤
Also the biggest skunks I've ever to seen had one in my hard and it's tail straight up went over 4' tall: had to be 40-45 lbs
The thing to keep in mind is, the reason these wildlife still exist is because they live in patchworks of remaining habitats (parks, reserves). If urban development keeps going unchecked, even these will be gone pretty soon.
Gorgeous video! Can’t wait to see the production! I hope you included the cormorants!
Great video and I loved all the bts
Amazing. Wish you filmed the kelp Forrest!!
Wow beautiful shots, that’s a lot of work to do that!
11:43 - I feel so fortunate having seen these Bobcats twice in my yard in North County. Absolutely mystical.
Sandiego is one of the most beautiful places ive lived. Gourgeous wonderful place.
That was really cool to learn. Shared to my fb page !
I grew up in San Diego in a canyon view house. So much wildlife and beauty. From Red Tail Hawks, Rattlesnakes and baby Cottontail Rabbits showing up in the backyard. I grew up to love and appreciate all living creatures.
There is definitely still a wilderness feel around SD if you get out a bit!
Well done video content make time seem like it flies by in an insant. This video felt like it was a minute long. Native San Diegan and photographer here, nature lover and fisherman...You shot my hometown in ways I've never seen or thought about and I also fly drones lol. Great work.
I love it here ❤ SD
Born and raised in El Cajon. We used to have alot of Trees many Beautiful big big Native Trees that are no longer their bcuz they cut them almost all down. Many went Extinct some survived bcuz they turned El Cajon into a Farmland then that Failed so they turned into a Big City. Some of these Trees Produced Nuts and we used to eat them as kids.
We used to have alot of Red Tailed Hawks, Blue Jays, Quails, Ducks, Bats, White Owls (Sea Gulls Suprisingly) Humming Birds, *Sparrows●Crows●Pigeons* were the most Common. EC is also where those Green Parrots come from but they're not indiginous to the area but they are now i guess.... (theyre from Mexico or South America i think) They were brought here by some Foriegner and released by that guy in the Granite Hills High School Area back in the early to mid 90s. They also now frequent Imperial Beach, Ocean Beach, Pacific Beach, La Jolla and now theyre even in LA. San Diego is Beautiful.
According to my ancestors San Diego used to be better bcuz we used to have Jaguars here but they were killed off in part of the Dark and Silenced History of the USA.
Thank you for saying this; it's important to appreciate the nature we still have, but also essential to remember the nature that's been lost to development. We must work collectively to find ways to preserve what nature remains (and if we can, bring back some of what was lost); it's what makes San Diego so special and ecologically important.
Love it. Keep it coming
Yeah, I am so moving to San Diego.
We are full. Try LA lol
It's expensive but worth every penny!
Stay out of San Diego you bum
San Diego is just awesome.
Bravo!
The person remarking about technical difficulties, should be shown the documentation and datasheets of their tools/equipment
Wildlife City 👍👍👍
God I'd kill to be able to move back to San Diego. That was the happiest time of my life but it's too expensive for us now
Lived in Newport (OC) for 4 years, I was shocked by the amount of animals. Bald Eagles, blue whales, gray whales, hump backs, dolphins, all the hundreds of species birds that migrate though back bay or stay year round, coyote packs, halibut, guitar fish, lobsters, rays, harbor seals, sea lions, snakes, lizards, hundreds of different fish species i can't even mention, and even a mountain lion that was captured and relocated. Im not surprised San Diego is #1.
Calling all animal lovers! Cody Roberts of Daniel, Wyoming has yet to be punished for his horrific abuse towards a wolf cub known as Thea. We must not allow him, nor any other torturer of animals get away with only a slap on the wrist. If any of you care, please fight that real justice be met! Keep this story alive, ask for better animal protection laws, continue to protest until he is given server jail time for his awful crimes. Don’t let Thea die in vain! Demand that her murderer is brought to justice. That’s what it means to be a Wildlife Warrior!
#JusticeForWolves
Very good job on this film. I just have a strong need to vent what I know huge numbers of people feel but won't say.
I’m born and raised in San Diego, im glad we don’t have gators 🐊 😂
Also mosquitos. We have Crane flies that resemble mosquitos with long legs but they eat mosquitos. :)
Crane flys do not feed on mosquitos. @beboplady1542
@@beboplady1542 we def have mosquitos but thankfully they aren't as much of an issue as they are in the south.. That would be a nightmare =0
Very cool! What is that fox-like creature at 6:31?
Gray Fox
Very beautiful. I DO hope we don't cluster our country with humans all in small areas like SD. We have so many wide open spaces!❤ I hope we spread out. I think we can do more for the natural world that way. What do I know? It just makes more sense to me
Don't eff up the few wild areas we have left !! We already have 8.2 billion people on Earth breeding like rats and taking over all the land with developments..
There are actually a lot of wide open spaces inside the city of San Diego as well as just outside it. They showed some of them on this show, but there are so many other places they didn't show. For example, San Diego has one of the largest urban natural parks in the country. You can hike it, and in some areas, you won't even see a building or a power line.
People having too many kids.
@@RealMTBAddict Its translocation of people not births. Birth and fertility rates are down in most global regions.
Spreading out means more development over more area, meaning less area for native animals/plants to thrive. Density is the friend of nature, and is something that San Diego and many US cities could stand to learn if they want to prioritize nature
Where can we see the full film?
ua-cam.com/video/Nr7gSfylUOo/v-deo.html
this video seemd liked 50% video talk 50% wildlife. Wish it was more 90 wildlife 10 camera
Imagine the animals that are not there like the California Grizzly or the grey wolves that used to also live in the southern parts of California
Planet Earth is about animals. This video is about you.
I thought this was about the wildlife, now how you made it lol
Native been here my whole life. It would be fantastic if there wasn't a person on your heels EVERYWHERE. And people in a constant hurry not listening that run red lights at just about EVERY light. Adding in to the mix housing with pricing that is impossible escalating the homeless "challenge".
Chaparral is the bedrock of San Diego's biodiversity. It needs protection in SD county, it's more than just 'brush' or 'fuel' that needs to be gotten rid of.
Thankfully it is hard to develope land. Brutal slopes, big hard rocks. Temperatures are less ideal there.. many want to be more coastal. I dont see it being over developed any time soon
human is a wild life
I agree we are part of it even if we do damage. All we need is just a bit more respect and balance.
Yea, this is what spending money on the environment does
Let's take care of furry/feathery neighbors ❤
By the time you guys were done patting yourselves on the back about how difficult it was to capture the video for your documentary it was already over.
Lmao not even kinda wrong. I was so confused. It's like bonus content. Is there an actual documentary about the wildlife of San Diego, or just this one about some guys talking about it?
@@solarmesiahactually incredibly wrong. This is essentially a behind the scenes.
My goodness.
So it’s called Capturing San Diego for a reason. Got it
How’s the crime in the city?
What makes it the 'wildest?' Colorado Springs was pretty wild. I've seen about 7 bears here!
I think we could have made this film about any city. CO springs certainly has a lot of wildlife. For this film, we use the term "wildest" as a way to describe biodiverity. As far as the number of species, there's no where in the Continental US that has more species of plants and animals that San Diego county - hence the play on San Diego's nickname - "America's Finest City" to "America's Wildest City"
It is trippy, but it makes sense since they did the whole county. Ocean + coast + chapparel + desert + mountains. Even without the whole county, San Diego is a city that sprawls pretty far
No
@artiebucco9660 😂😂😂😂😂😺
Try Toyota's hydrogen fuel cell to power an outdoor video capture camera.
Please stop moving to San Diego please
Please leave California, it’s are plan to turn the state red again, starting with the beach towns, always has the most sensitive liberals who don’t even touch the ocean
Lol not the wildest by a long shot
yeah i struggle believing this claim too
I popped this on another comment but it makes sense since they did the whole county and are referring to biodiversity. It just depends on what you characterize "wild" as. Biomes: Ocean + coast + chapparel + desert + mountains (cliff notes version). Even without the whole county, San Diego is a city that sprawls pretty far.
I didn't know San Diego had so much diversity! It's just too bad that it didn't extend to the other side of the camera.
as is the case with too many of these nature documentaries, there is too much human face time and not enough time showing the actual plants and animals! we really only need to hear your narration (and don’t need to see you at all).
This is a behind the scenes of the documentary
These guys suck. Didn't show any cool shots
What do you guys mean by our world? it's not your world you're just a settler to their world thumbs down to the video
Huh?
Agreed, everything their talking about has been here way before man. Settler is kind word, better is destroyer
Laaaaaaaaaaaaaaame 😂 Nobody invite this Foo to the function
@@fatteebaddee Others lived there for millennia with very little impact.
Are you from space are you.
Too dang close to Mezzyco.
Duh ? SD used to be Mexico.
@snake91977 Duh that was then, this is now. We all used to be cavemen too.
Actually the duality of seeing both cities facing each other at night makes it Like No other city in America 🌃🌆
We live in only part of California - “Alta” California, “Baja” California remains in Mexico. Being close is not a problem, but an enhancement.
@@jeannerogers7085 Dumb argument. We live in one part of America too, North America. That doesn't keep Mexico from being the drug cartel capital of the hemisphere that specializes in making babies to sneak across the border into the United States and drag our country down.
We Love San Diego, and of course it’s Disc Golf community. 💪🏼🥏❤️
It's the "most biodiverse city" because the scale of invasive and introduced plants is insane. Shit, in the past few years we've had the blessing of the palm weevil coming to the county! Nevermind it came here because of the over 10 non-native palms homeowners and city have spread like weeds around the county, putting the one native palm at risk. There are
Wow this comment was so informative thank you 🙏 I’ve lived in San Diego since I was 5 I’m 48 now and I had no idea eucalyptus trees 🌴 were invasive and invasive plants and I was blown away by how much I learned just from reading 📖 your comment ❤
This guy is a REAL photographer and wildlife expert. PLEASE call him and tell him to create his own channel. We want him NOT PBS
Yeah but he has a hipster man-bun.