Gotcha! OR-7 is filmed in California

Wildlife biologist snaps nomadic wolf on sagebrush hillside
May 11, 2012
By JEFF BARNARD
The Associated Press
A young male wolf from Oregon that has won worldwide fame while trekking across mountains, deserts and highways looking for a mate has had what appears to be his first close encounter with people, and ended up getting his picture taken, to boot.
A federal trapper, a state game warden and a state wildlife biologist were visiting ranchers in Northern California on Tuesday to notify them that GPS signals showed the gray wolf was in the area, when they stopped to look over a sagebrush hillside with binoculars, said Karen Kovacs, wildlife program manager for the California Department of Fish and Game in Redding, Calif.
"There, all of a sudden, out pops a head, and there he is," she said. "He appeared very healthy."
The wolf, known at OR-7, was hanging out with three coyotes, and appeared curious about the people watching him. But he kept his distance, about 100 yards, Kovacs said.
"He has managed to stay off the radar as far as people getting visuals of this critter," she said. "His healthy distance has probably served him well up to this point."
California wildlife biologist Richard Shinn snapped a photo, the first shot of the animal in color, and the department posted it on its website.
The sighting happened on private land in Modoc County, the sparsely settled northeastern corner of California.
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