Furry Friends of Fenceline Hill

Our little "Fenceline Hill" trail is excellent for cam trapping. Especially in early fall.

A 300-foot incline, it has a fence on the right, and a wall of manzanita on the left.

It's a gauntlet, a funnel, a pinch point - a mini slot canyon.

And in September the manzanita berries come ripe, and thus it becomes both a transit and foraging route. A mini snack canyon.

So, aside from last week's skinny kitty, let's see what else the Reconyx saw on Fenceline Hill during those 32 days...


The black bear went by 5 nights, in 2 clusters, with 2 weeks between (if 1 bear)


Black bears eat manzanita berries, and also acorns, termites, hornet nests, our apples...




The bears are foraging like crazy right now to build bulk for hibernation

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Coyotes came through 12 days/nights - roughly every several days


Coyotes also eat manzanita berries (as well as our fallen apples)


Think the local pair of coyotes had a pair of pups earlier this year, and these 2 shots are one of them - seemingly out playing in the rain




One of the parents, me thinks


Don't you just wanna reach out and give him a scratch behind those ears?


Note how much the ground has changed from the shots a few up

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The wild turkeys are regrouping for winter and came by often - these led by a big male


Turkeys forage everything - berries, seeds, bugs, herps... prob why they're so delicious


A striped skunk came and went a few nights


And this crazy black-tailed jackrabbit wandered around the scene twice

The cam also caught deer, a spotted towhee, a chipmunk and a house cat (orange tabby).

No foxes or bobcats though, which is a bit surprising. The foxes eat the berries too. But both are small enough to slink under the manzanita, so maybe they often go a different way.

Here's the full cast of coming-and-going characters in 142 photos and 52 seconds:


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References:

• The Nature of a Man (this blog) - Puma Tales Post Script

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