I found this little Gray Fox just last weekend on Mt. Baldy Rd. He was in such good condition I took him home
to have him taxidermied, but then I found out the cost. Yikes! So I gave him to the Eaton Canyon Nature Center,
where I sometimes do docent work.
I found this Ringtail on Hwy 39 on the way to the East Fork. It was a fresh kill, but the skull was too damaged
to have him taxidermied.
People call these Blue Jays, but there are actually no Blue Jays in California. This is a Steller's Jay. I offered
him to Eaton Canyon, but they can't take birds because of the Newcastle Virus, which it may have died from.
This poor little Mule Deer got whacked on Lower Tujunga Rd. You can tell he was less than a year old from
the spots on his side.
This badly desiccated Coyote (or maybe a chupacabra) was found near Inspiration Point, outside of Wrightwood.
He was missing a leg, which leads me to believe he may have been caught in a trap and chewed it off.
Found near the Bridge To Nowhere, this LOOKED like a dead Tarantula. But on closer inspection this turned
out to be a shed exoskeleton. They shed their entire outer shells just like snakes do with skin. So somewhere
out there this spider still lives on.
This Bighorn skull was found about 200 yards from the Horseshoe Annex Mine. The rest of the skeleton is
still inside the mine, killed by a mountain lion. I took the skull home, bleached it, and now it's on my wall.
This King Snake was found on a road in Agua Dulce, near Sterling Mine. A car had injured him, and he was
pretty much doomed if he stayed on that hot pavement. I moved him off to the side, but he probably didn't survive.
