Photos / Sounds

What

Wolverine (Gulo gulo)

Observer

faerthen

Date

February 2008

Description

A surprise visitor shows up on a marten researcher's camera trap.

This was the first documented wolverine in California since 1922, and caused quite a flap.

DNA from hair told us he was more related to populations in the Rocky Mountains than to California museum specimens. Isotopes in the hair told us where he'd been drinking his water: he started out in the Sawtooth of Idaho.

Could a wolverine walk that far, over freeways and developed areas? A radio-collared one made a similar trip from Canada to Wyoming the next year...

More info:
http://sagehen.blogspot.com/search/label/wolverine

Photos / Sounds

What

Northern Pacific Rattlesnake (Crotalus oreganus ssp. oreganus)

Observer

priscilla22

Date

May 21, 2023 05:52 PM PDT

Photos / Sounds

What

Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea)

Observer

geodani

Date

May 4, 2023 03:35 PM CDT

Photos / Sounds

What

White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus)

Observer

geodani

Date

May 4, 2023 03:15 PM CDT

Photos / Sounds

What

Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis)

Observer

geodani

Date

May 4, 2023 03:50 PM CDT

Photos / Sounds

What

Common Checkered-Skipper and Allies (Complex Burnsius communis)

Observer

geodani

Date

May 4, 2023 03:48 PM CDT

Photos / Sounds

What

Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris)

Observer

geodani

Date

April 25, 2023 06:01 PM CDT

Photos / Sounds

What

Nashville Warbler (Leiothlypis ruficapilla)

Observer

geodani

Date

April 25, 2023 06:03 PM CDT

Photos / Sounds

What

Dickcissel (Spiza americana)

Observer

geodani

Date

April 25, 2023 07:33 PM CDT

Photos / Sounds

What

Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)

Observer

geodani

Date

April 29, 2023 06:21 PM CDT

Photos / Sounds

What

Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra)

Observer

geodani

Date

April 30, 2023 03:00 PM CDT

Photos / Sounds

What

Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)

Observer

afengler

Date

February 15, 2023 05:27 PM PST

Description

What is the Snowy Egret eating?

Photos / Sounds

What

Sharp-tailed Snake (Contia tenuis)

Observer

rmooi

Date

March 4, 2023 10:29 AM PST

Photos / Sounds

What

Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)

Observer

geodani

Date

January 21, 2023 07:45 PM PST

Photos / Sounds

What

Northern Pacific Rattlesnake (Crotalus oreganus ssp. oreganus)

Observer

newtpatrol

Date

January 8, 2023 02:52 PM PST

Description

Young one, very torpid, right next to the trail in the middle of a very rainy, cool period, might have gotten flushed from their den?

Ray-finned Fishes

Photos / Sounds

What

Ray-finned Fishes (Class Actinopterygii)

Observer

michaelheine

Date

December 26, 2022 07:01 PM PST

Description

Several in line to hop up the ladder

Photos / Sounds

Observer

isaac_krone

Date

November 26, 2022 08:29 PM PST

Photos / Sounds

What

Ridgway's Rail (Rallus obsoletus)

Observer

fishaspey

Date

November 26, 2022 09:27 AM PST

Photos / Sounds

What

Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens)

Observer

patpatasaur

Date

October 20, 2022 05:29 PM PDT

Photos / Sounds

What

San Francisco Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis ssp. tetrataenia)

Observer

jmaughn

Date

October 2022

Photos / Sounds

What

Sharp-tailed Snake (Contia tenuis)

Observer

lylegordon

Date

October 9, 2022 09:23 AM PDT

Photos / Sounds

What

Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna)

Observer

dpom

Date

October 2, 2022 08:31 AM PDT

Photos / Sounds

What

Blue Shark (Prionace glauca)

Observer

raphetnature

Date

September 1, 2022 05:52 PM -08

Photos / Sounds

What

Acmon Blue (Icaricia acmon)

Observer

geodani

Date

July 7, 2022 09:27 PM PDT

Photos / Sounds

What

Wrentit (Chamaea fasciata)

Observer

geodani

Date

June 9, 2022 08:48 PM PDT

Photos / Sounds

What

California Nightsnake (Hypsiglena ochrorhynchus ssp. nuchalata)

Observer

zacharge

Date

May 2022

Description

Not in the mountains

Photos / Sounds

What

Common Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis)

Observer

geodani

Date

April 2022

Photos / Sounds

What

Long-tailed Weasel (Neogale frenata)

Observer

nautiboy

Date

April 18, 2022 10:33 AM PDT

Photos / Sounds

What

Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

Observer

geodani

Date

March 2, 2022 05:18 PM PST

Photos / Sounds

What

Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

Observer

geodani

Date

March 2, 2022 05:54 PM PST

Photos / Sounds

What

Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus)

Observer

geodani

Date

March 13, 2022 12:03 PM PDT

Photos / Sounds

What

Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris)

Observer

geodani

Date

March 14, 2022 08:43 AM PDT

Photos / Sounds

What

Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor)

Observer

geodani

Date

March 14, 2022 09:16 AM PDT

Photos / Sounds

What

House Wren (Troglodytes aedon)

Observer

geodani

Date

March 18, 2022 03:39 PM PDT

Photos / Sounds

What

Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

Observer

geodani

Date

March 19, 2022 03:04 PM PDT

Photos / Sounds

What

Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii)

Observer

geodani

Date

March 22, 2022 05:37 PM PDT

Photos / Sounds

What

Wrentit (Chamaea fasciata)

Observer

geodani

Date

March 5, 2022 03:29 PM PST

Photos / Sounds

What

American Shrewmole (Neurotrichus gibbsii)

Observer

sampickerill

Date

February 21, 2022 01:12 PM CST

Photos / Sounds

What

Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna)

Observer

dpom

Date

February 4, 2022 09:42 AM PST

Photos / Sounds

What

Willet (Tringa semipalmata)

Observer

geodani

Date

January 24, 2022 02:45 PM PST

Photos / Sounds

What

American × Eurasian Wigeon (Mareca americana × penelope)

Observer

geodani

Date

January 19, 2022 01:54 PM PST

Photos / Sounds

What

Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)

Observer

geodani

Date

January 19, 2022 09:33 AM PST

Photos / Sounds

What

Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea)

Observer

geodani

Date

January 23, 2021 11:10 AM PST

Photos / Sounds

What

Ridgway's Rail (Rallus obsoletus)

Observer

geodani

Date

July 20, 2020 03:14 PM PDT

Photos / Sounds

What

Ridgway's Rail (Rallus obsoletus)

Observer

geodani

Date

July 20, 2020 03:04 PM PDT

Photos / Sounds

What

Exclamation Damsel (Zoniagrion exclamationis)

Observer

geodani

Date

June 9, 2020 01:27 PM PDT

Photos / Sounds

What

Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

Observer

geodani

Date

June 9, 2020 01:21 PM PDT

Photos / Sounds

What

Coyote (Canis latrans)

Observer

geodani

Date

June 10, 2020 05:21 PM PDT

Photos / Sounds

What

Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)

Observer

geodani

Date

June 11, 2020 11:08 AM PDT

Photos / Sounds

What

Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)

Observer

geodani

Date

April 27, 2019 11:54 AM PDT

Photos / Sounds

What

Southern Alligator Lizard (Elgaria multicarinata)

Observer

geodani

Date

April 13, 2019 04:46 PM PDT

Photos / Sounds

What

Botta's Pocket Gopher (Thomomys bottae)

Observer

coreyjlange

Date

August 12, 2017 03:56 PM CDT

Description

A Red-tailed Hawk captured a Botta's Pocket Gopher (Thomomys bottae), killed it, and ate it on the side of the hill! The Red-tailed Hawk was even banded!

Photos / Sounds

What

Common Raccoon (Procyon lotor)

Observer

geodani

Date

August 25, 2019 08:49 PM PDT

Description

Wrong date on camera. Should be 8/25/19.

Photos / Sounds

What

Sagebrush Sparrow (Artemisiospiza nevadensis)

Observer

geodani

Date

May 24, 2019 01:15 PM PDT

Photos / Sounds

What

Nuttall's Woodpecker (Dryobates nuttallii)

Observer

geodani

Date

June 9, 2019 01:50 PM PDT

Photos / Sounds

What

Eastern Bell's Vireo (Vireo bellii ssp. bellii)

Observer

geodani

Date

June 10, 2019 01:43 PM PDT

Photos / Sounds

What

American Beaver (Castor canadensis)

Observer

captvucsa

Date

October 15, 2018 07:45 AM PDT

Photos / Sounds

What

California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus)

Observer

geodani

Date

March 2008

Description

This juvenile was a natural wild born juvenile that had not been tagged or banded.

Photos / Sounds

What

Ridgway's Rail (Rallus obsoletus)

Observer

geodani

Date

January 2, 2014

Photos / Sounds

What

Ridgway's Rail (Rallus obsoletus)

Observer

geodani

Date

January 14, 2017 01:38 PM PST

Photos / Sounds

What

Ridgway's Rail (Rallus obsoletus)

Observer

geodani

Date

January 1, 2018 10:42 AM PST

Photos / Sounds

What

Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)

Observer

geodani

Date

February 10, 2017 01:11 PM PST

Photos / Sounds

What

Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia)

Observer

geodani

Date

July 13, 2009 07:43 AM PDT

Photos / Sounds

What

Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia)

Observer

geodani

Date

February 1, 2017 05:04 PM PST

Photos / Sounds

What

Western Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia ssp. hypugaea)

Observer

geodani

Date

March 3, 2017 06:03 PM PST

Photos / Sounds

What

Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia)

Observer

geodani

Date

December 30, 2017 08:38 AM PST

Photos / Sounds

What

Williamson's Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus thyroideus)

Observer

geodani

Date

January 17, 2014

Photos / Sounds

What

Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)

Observer

geodani

Date

June 25, 2009

Photos / Sounds

What

Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus)

Observer

geodani

Date

January 12, 2018 11:18 AM PST

Photos / Sounds

What

Northern Pacific Rattlesnake (Crotalus oreganus ssp. oreganus)

Observer

ross2

Date

May 8, 2018 03:10 PM PDT

Photos / Sounds

What

Northern Pacific Rattlesnake (Crotalus oreganus ssp. oreganus)

Observer

bob-dodge

Date

April 15, 2018 10:39 AM PDT

Description

Photo by Scott Gould. Lives in hollow of old power pole

Tags

Photos / Sounds

What

Roosevelt Elk (Cervus canadensis ssp. roosevelti)

Observer

geodani

Date

March 22, 2018 12:01 PM PDT

Photos / Sounds

What

Wapiti (Cervus canadensis)

Observer

geodani

Date

March 22, 2018 11:50 AM PDT

Photos / Sounds

What

Roosevelt Elk (Cervus canadensis ssp. roosevelti)

Observer

geodani

Date

March 22, 2018 11:30 AM PDT

Photos / Sounds

What

Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer)

Observer

geodani

Date

March 24, 2018 10:04 AM PDT

Photos / Sounds

What

Broad-billed Hummingbird (Cynanthus latirostris)

Observer

geodani

Date

March 17, 2018 11:38 AM PDT

Photos / Sounds

What

Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena)

Observer

geodani

Date

March 17, 2018 12:15 PM PDT

Photos / Sounds

What

Pacific Wren (Troglodytes pacificus)

Observer

geodani

Date

March 17, 2018 12:55 PM PDT

Photos / Sounds

What

Coyote (Canis latrans)

Observer

geodani

Date

March 17, 2018 12:41 PM PDT

Photos / Sounds

What

North American Mountain Lion (Puma concolor ssp. couguar)

Observer

mr152

Date

November 2016

Description

Trail cam pic.

Photos / Sounds

What

Vermilion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus)

Observer

geodani

Date

December 1, 2016 02:35 PM PST

Photos / Sounds

What

Mountain Lion (Puma concolor)

Observer

geodani

Date

June 10, 2016 04:18 AM PDT

Photos / Sounds

What

Mountain Lion (Puma concolor)

Observer

geodani

Date

July 29, 2016 11:24 PM PDT

Photos / Sounds

What

Roosevelt Elk (Cervus canadensis ssp. roosevelti)

Observer

geodani

Date

September 15, 2015

Photos / Sounds

What

Striped Skunk (Mephitis mephitis)

Observer

geodani

Date

October 22, 2015 04:08 PM PDT

Photos / Sounds

What

North American River Otter (Lontra canadensis)

Observer

geodani

Date

September 18, 2015 03:31 PM PDT

Photos / Sounds

What

Bobcat (Lynx rufus)

Observer

geodani

Date

January 4, 2016 11:38 PM PST

Photos / Sounds

What

Coyote (Canis latrans)

Observer

geodani

Date

January 18, 2016

Photos / Sounds

What

Bobcat (Lynx rufus)

Observer

geodani

Date

February 3, 2016

Description

Trail cam photos shot on 2/3/16 at 2:19 PM

Photos / Sounds

What

Coyote (Canis latrans)

Observer

geodani

Date

February 2, 2016 03:41 PM PST