Most of this month's photos were taken at the end of the Summer/Fall dry
season, with the first big winter storm expected within days.
Adobe Creek still has a strong flow, and continues to be a wildlife
magnet.
We would normally not include a photo like this of just the back half of
an animal, but this is sufficient to identify a gray fox
-- the first we've seen on these cameras!
Blacktail buck drinking from the creek and browsing the watercress-like plant, which I intend to identify soon.
Video of a doe and fawn at the same spot, exhibiting the same behavior, but on a different day.
Striped skunk crossing Adobe Creek at night.
This mother bobcat and growing kitten were seen on the hillside forest trail. We have seen this pair in previous months.
The younger bobcat, mostly hidden behind the mother in the above still shot, is more visible in this video.
Bobcat at night checking out the camera. This animal could easily be
taken for a domestic cat, but I can't believe
a feral or roaming housecat could survive in this remote wildland forest.
So I'll calling this a bobcat.
Gray squirrel with an acorn in its mouth amid Fall color (leaf litter).
Video of the same squirrel foraging. They seem slow and vulnerable on the ground.
Opossum at night.
Video of skittish buck on the hillside forest trail. Something startled him, but a few seconds later he calmed down and continued down the trail.
Handsome buck, looking buffed up for the rutting season, on the upper meadow.
Two photos of an owl near the ground at midnight. Please contact me if you can help with identification.
From the mountaintop bay laurel grove, a blacktail doe against the afternoon light.
No feral hogs or mountain lions were photographed this month.
