Deer, coyote, turkey fight, and 6 feral cats
10.3.20. 9:07 am. 66 degrees. Smoky. Turkeys (6) on the coyote scat fire break.
9:35 am. Red tailed hawk in the hawk oak.
9:40 am. Striped feral cat in the field. There’s coyote scat up and down this fire break, in some places it’s hard not to step on it. There are also feral cats out here constantly. The coyotes are not eating people’s cats. They’d have plenty of opportunity. There’s one somewhat recent turkey kill site nearby, but overall the turkeys seem to be doing fine, too.
10:06 am. Turkeys (5) on hiker hill headed toward the gateway oak.
10:32 am. Black feral cat on north fire break.
11:47 am. Red tailed hawk flying circles over oak canyon.
5:36 pm. 96 degrees. Orange feral cat in the back field.
6:15 pm. 2 male turkeys fighting over a female standing nearby. At least a 15 minute fight.
6:22 pm. Small male coyote investigating the scene of the turkey fight. Scared one turkey up into a tree, the deer oak. The other turkey got scared up to near the top of the oak. Now the coyote reappears down the trail in the other direction. Laying in the grass above the trail to the pond.
6:40. Red tailed hawk flying. Now in the sentinel oak.
6:45. 3 black feral kittens head out to the field. Now they are back hiding under a tree near the fire break. Scrub jays are alerting everyone when the black and gray striped kitten goes back out.
6:57. 87 degrees. 4 deer at the base of Mt. Zion under southern most quarry.
7:01 pm. 2 turkeys walking out of the canyon toward residential area.
7:06. Striped feral cat is out hunting with a kitten watching.
7:11. Hikers’ headlamps turn on in the hills coming down from Mitchell Rock.
