This fantastic series of photos was taken by participant Susette
Stickel-Rufe using a telephoto lens on a LandPaths outing at Lafferty
Ranch in December 2023.
A golden eagle is harassed in flight by a red-tailed hawk.
(Rough-skinned) newt photographed by docent Larry Modell in January 2024.
Wild boar (feral hog) photographed in daylight by docent Teddy Herzog in an upper Lafferty Ranch meadow in July 2023.
This coiled Northern Pacific Rattlesnake was photographed by docent
Joseph Cochrane in an upper Lafferty Ranch meadow in September 2023
Three images of Sierran Treefrogs (formerly called Pacific Treefrogs or
Pacific Chorus Frogs) photographed on Lafferty Ranch, October 2023.
Despite having big voices, these frogs are less than one inch long. See
the bay leaves (typically 2-4" long) for scale.
Katydid photographed by docent Larry Modell in July 2024. Katydids are typically green, but this one is the color of boiled shrimp.
This one is very sad. The
body of this young bobcat was found and photographed by docent Brian
Fingado in late January 2025.
It had been killed by a predator, probably an adult male bobcat. This is
likely the same young bobcat we photographed on
the hillside forest trail in December 2024.
Moving to a happier note of rebirth, Brian Fingado also photographed this
mushroom (tentatively IDed as a Western Witches Cap)
pushing up through the oak leaf litter.
Not wildlife, but a lovely trillium photographed by participant Kendra Berry Whittenberg on a wildflower hike in early March 2025.
