Diario de bob-dodge

FEBRUARY, 2018
LOCATION: Northeast corner of property at 65, behind neighbor’s garage
RESULTS: California Scrub Jay, Steller’s Jay, Eastern Gray Squirrel, Black-tailed Deer, Human, Domestic Cat. Setting on camera 1 sec. recovery.

FEBRUARY 21, 2018
LOCATION: Southwest fence-line, attached to post aimed into neighbor’s yard. Bread Crumbs
RESULTS: Domestic Cat, Black-tailed Deer, Eastern Gray Squirrel, American Robin, Striped Skunk. Reset recovery to 5 minutes. Had over 450 pictures from the short time in that position. Will return to same placement and leave till end of month. No ‘salting’.

MARCH 2, 2018
LOCATION: Southwest fence-line, attached to post aimed into neighbor’s yard.
RESULTS: Black-tailed Deer (57 picts), Striped Skunk (2), Eastern Gray Squirrel (13). None Visible and deleted 34. Also deleted several EGS and B-tD

MARCH 11, 2018
LOCATION: Northwest corner post of fence, attached to post aimed into neighbor’s yard.

37º23’.37”N 122º12’12.51”W
RESULTS: 129 photos taken after removing four images caused by me. Black-tailed Deer: 13 images; Eastern Gray Squirrel: 81 images; Dusky-footed Woodrat: 11 images; American Robin: 8 images; Unknown blur: 1 image; None Visible: 15 images. Will plan to leave camera at this location until April 1st before moving to new location. (In the middle of the night I got to thinking that the woodcut might possibly be a California Mouse. I checked the size in the photos and am convinced, for the most part that the images are of woodrats)

MARCH 24, 2018
LOCATION: Northwest corner post of fence, attached to post aimed into neighbor’s yard.

37º23’.37”N 122º12’12.51”W
RESULTS: 200 Photos. Removed from position since tree pruner was going to be working in area. Eastern Gray Squirrel: 94 images; Domestic Cat: 12 mages in two sequences; Bobcat: 8 images in one sequence; Woodrat: 2 images, one sequence; Black-tail Deer: 76 images. Woodrat images suggests that rodent images in previous session were Woodrats. Posting three of these photos

MARCH 26, 2018
LOCATION: Moved the camera to to a new location near Los Trancos Creek. I pinned the location on Google Earth. Easy to see location with an overhead view. Camera attached to upright trunk looking over horizontal trunk and looking towards the creek, not Alpine Road. Baited with Bacon fat rubbed into bark in several places and with strawberry chunks scattered along surface. First check will come midweek. Plan to leave it till end of April at this location.
37º24’64” N 122º11’32.74” W
March 29 changed storage disk; 184 photos. Dusky-footed Woodrat, 64; Virginia Opossum, 39; Western Gray Squirrel, 6; Hermit Thrush 2; , Spotted Towhee 2; Fox Squirrel, 8; Brush Rabbit 2 . Unknown bird (possible Golden-crowned Sparrow, Fox Sparrow) 3. Replaced with 32 GB storage. Saving all photos for Hadley Lab IF they want them. Also, makes it easier to spot changes when you scroll through the photos.