Observed a dead juvenile Desert Cottontail on the side of the trail.
I got a very good look at it in person, but it didn't want to stick in one place for photos.
I always kind of wondered how owl pellets had so many skulls of these in them, and turns out they just run around in the open at night.
Road cut on east side of Iron Canyon Road in Red Rock Canyon State Park, Kern County, California, elev. approx. 2450 ft.