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Broad-footed Mole (Scapanus latimanus)Observer
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Tunnels vary in depth from half-round to fully underground, with some retaining a slight roof of grass and veg only. Three tunnels within ~1/4 acre, all ending in large throw mound seen in photo 4. No latrines or grass clippings seen in tunnels.
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Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus)Observer
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Common side blotched lizard clamped (not skewered) between thorns of palo verde 4’ above ground.
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Western Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana ssp. elegans)Observer
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Squirrels (Family Sciuridae)Observer
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Numerous digs and burrows. Streamside in sandy as well as rocky soil. Usually around the structure of boulders or root masses. No scats found outside burrows.
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Tree Cholla (Cylindropuntia imbricata)Observer
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Seeds
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White-nosed Coati (Nasua narica)Observer
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Group of eight climbs uphill out of the stream bed onto a cliff face 50 m above stream. Five adults and three juveniles. The group creates two nests on small ledges below rock faces by gathering dead sticks….group seen resting in same nests in the morning three days later.