Yodel Dog
Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2010 7:01 pm
Nearly all mammal species are accounted for in Big Tujunga canyon now! We have seen gray fox, deer and ringtail on camera, lion, bobcat and raccoon tracks, and lots of ground squirrels in person. Only one missing is bear....
These folks didn't realize (why on earth would they?) that the log was scented with probably a few dollars' worth of Calvin Klein Obsession. And they took it the second day the camera was out! So there was nothing to keep the animals in the frame. Got a couple of videos of nothing, so one can only imagine what passed by. They saw the camera, but politely left it alone though so that's good!
Also, as a fake scientist, I realize there is always something to be learned from all trailcam footage. Notice hiker #2 picking grass seeds out of his socks. After a chaparral fire, weedy grasses can invade if fires burn too hot or too frequently for the native plants to re-establish their seed banks. This is called "type conversion".
These folks didn't realize (why on earth would they?) that the log was scented with probably a few dollars' worth of Calvin Klein Obsession. And they took it the second day the camera was out! So there was nothing to keep the animals in the frame. Got a couple of videos of nothing, so one can only imagine what passed by. They saw the camera, but politely left it alone though so that's good!
Also, as a fake scientist, I realize there is always something to be learned from all trailcam footage. Notice hiker #2 picking grass seeds out of his socks. After a chaparral fire, weedy grasses can invade if fires burn too hot or too frequently for the native plants to re-establish their seed banks. This is called "type conversion".
