rather than lying in wait or hunting in a group. Sometimes with a stalking motion and a pounce, it would tackle the vole, restrain it with its forepaws, bite the vole’s neck and remove its head. Then, the squi
Oakland Wildlife Removal Tip of the Month Squirrel Prevention Tips Your house, garden, sheds, and even your yard itself, holds a number of temptations for the average squirrel. It can be a secure source of shelter. It can provide ample food and drinking water. It can be place to gather a...
These are berries of Juniperus Californica, the beautiful native California juniper. There are several large specimens of this tree on our property. I woke one morning to find it had rained overnight, and water was dripping from everything. I took my camera out and took nearly 200 shots of ...
Sophia delights in “finding circles”--where the wind-blown tips of desert grasses have traced 360-degree arcs in the sand. We discover other footprints, made by the desert’s abundant (but rarely seen) wildlife: the tracks of a coyote, a ground squirrel, a lizard and a mouse. The du...
In the deserts of the lower Sonoran zone, the mammals include the jackrabbit, kangaroo rat, squirrel, and opossum. Common birds include the owl, roadrunner, cactus wren, and various species of hawk. The area's reptilian life include the sidewinder viper, desert tortoise, and horned toad. The...
Symphony Wine Club member Deborah Spangler-Welch with her Squirrel Hill wine. Photo courtesy of the Lake County Symphony Association. Editor 04 June 2025 04 June 2025 State Senate approves ‘Golden State Commitment’ Wildfire Package The California State Senate on Tuesday advanced the Golden State Co...
This pinecone is from a redwood tree. B 26 EXPLAIN Amazing Plants PLANT NAME/FACT PLANT DESCRIPTION Some plants are harmful to people, such as castor bean plant poison ivy. But the deadliest plant of all is the most the castor bean plant. dangerous plant Animals that live near this plant ...
To the timid traveler, fresh from the sedimentary levels of the lowlands, these highways, however picturesque and grand, seem terribly forbidding–cold, dead, gloomy gashes in the bones of the mountains, and of all Nature’s ways the ones to be most cautiously avoided. Yet they are full of...