Los Vaqueros Reservoir & Oak Canyon

10.2.20. 78 degrees. 8:30 am. Smoky. Turkeys (13) along coyote scat trail. Under the protector oak. Down into the canyon.

In this area of the park they seem to spend a of their time close to the fire breaks. But they also make use of the hiking trails and the animal trails into the canyons. There’s another smaller group of turkeys under the large oak on the next hill (already 80 degrees now). They came down this fire break this morning then moved under the oak when they saw me. Now they are moving down into the canyon as they’ve spotted a feral cat in the field nearby.

2:00 pm - Los Vaqueros Reservoir. 2 adult red tailed hawks. 2 juvenile red tailed hawks. Turkey vulture. Blue Heron. Deer bones. Deer and coyote tracks and scat. So many mylar balloons laying around.

4:00 pm - Marsh Creek Rd. Dead coyote by the side of the road. Almost every car is speeding on this stretch.

5:00 pm. Oak canyon. Turkeys (13) now are down at the north end of the canyon close to the fire break. Go around not to disturb them. California quail amongst a fallen oak. A lot of chunks of mistletoe down on the forest floor. Whole branches snapped off that had mistletoe attached. 3 golf balls found. Snakeskin going into a hole. Large ground squirrel. A lot of animal activity down in the canyon. Maybe rabbit? Rabbit sized animal trails, possible scat. Bones I’ve seen here before have been moved. I’ve seen a bobcat down here a couple times. Definitely deer, coyote, turkey.

6:09 pm. 90 degrees. Smoky. Red tailed hawk in the hawk oak

Posted on October 3, 2020 02:27 AM by bruin_mike