* * * I was poking around on the north side of the mountain most of the morning, not finding much in the way of mushrooms and not feeli...

* * * Despite getting up at 5:30 I still nearly missed the mountain sunrise. Guess I dawdled a little. Aside from just hav...

* * * I didn't stray far from the area around my camera trap this morning. Followed some deer trails and nosed around looking f...

* * * This morning, for the first time since last year, my knees got wet when I knelt down to make some photographs. Yay! ...

* * * Canyon Live Oak Weevil Hole As I gathered a pocket full of acorns beneath this oak tree, a couple of hikers...

* * * The camera trap hasn't been very busy this last week. I caught a bobcat the first week, a fox the second, and a buck in t...

* * * Hadn't been out around the north side in a long time. Hoped to see some mushrooms and waterfalls. But ...