Rock n Roll Roadies

Now for the other 10 species that visited that Mono Basin corner cam set.

First up, 3 squirrels:


Least chipmunk, Tamias minimus, with cheeks-full


Golden-mantled ground squirrel, Spermophilus lateralis


California ground squirrel, Spermophilus beecheyi

2 rodents:


Desert woodrat, Neotoma lepida


Deer mouse, Peromyscus maniculatus (pretty sure)

A lizardo:


Great Basin fence lizard, Sceloporus occidentalis longipes

And a couple of cool birds:


Rock wren, Salpinctes obsoletus


Pinyon jay, Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus

Which leaves us with the hares and rabbits. Both of which nicely came by during the day for clear color shots sans eye shine.


A juvie black-tailed jack, Lepus californicus, stopped to one-eye the camera


And a mountain cottontail, Sylvilagus nuttallii, also tip-toed through


In the day time light you can really see the stockier and furrier body, ears and feet that differentiates this species from the lanky desert cottontail, Sylvilagus audubonii


That's some serious fuzzy wuzzy bunny cuteness

So, nothing new, but a good set.

A striking scene.

24-hour coverage.

Batteries lasted 8 weeks and 354 shots.

Caught 11 species (including lizards).

Fun stills and behavioral series.

No bears tried to eat it.

Good set.

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References:

• California Herps - Great Basin Fence Lizard
• Wikipedia - Mountain cottontail
• Nature of a Man (this blog) - Rock n Roll Bobcat
• Nature of a Man (this blog) - posts on cam trapping the Mono Basin

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