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Snakes (Suborder Serpentes)Observer
thunefeldDescription
Snake shed in K-rat burrow. We speculate that this is a rattlesnake that entered the kangaroo rat burrow - turned around deep inside and then began to shed turning its skin inside out with the last several inches of skin sticking out of the hole inside out.
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Common Raccoon (Procyon lotor)Observer
thunefeldDescription
Crayfish filled scat. Tubular, uniform, blunt. At the side of a marsh in Sony Bono National wildlife refuge on the Salton Sea.
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Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)Observer
thunefeldDescription
Scat
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Desert Hairy Scorpion (Hadrurus arizonensis)Observer
thunefeldDescription
Tracks and possible burrow. Tracks were heading right towards the burrow. 2” TW
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Desert Rockpurslane (Cistanthe ambigua)Observer
thunefeldDescription
Possibly Browsed by lizard like desert iguana or rind tailed ground squirrel.
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Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus)Observer
thunefeldDescription
Sign. Granary. Note acorns open from the end while in the granary. This one found directly beneath the granary.
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Striped Skunk (Mephitis mephitis)Observer
thunefeldDescription
Dig sign. Compact and triangular.
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White-throated Woodrat (Neotoma albigula)Observer
thunefeldDescription
Nest. Scat. Finger pointing at entry.
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Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus)Observer
thunefeldDescription
Feeding sign. Note how the acorns have been opened from the end while still in the tree. The bird extracted the meat while the acorn was still in the tree, leaving the rest of the acorn in the granary.
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Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus)Observer
thunefeldDescription
Mule deer sign. Chewed acorn.
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Domestic Dog (Canis familiaris)Observer
thunefeldDescription
To the upper right of the coyote tracks at the lower left.