Re: [SBB] Monte Bello Open Space Preserve

[Debbi Brusco <[[email protected]]>]

The tail was small, and in reviewing my mammal books after I got 
home, the closest thing seems to be a small Coyote pup, or possibly 
Long-tailed Weasel.

After we hung up with Karen, the owl we had seen on the line on the 
hill above the park and ride returned, then another joined it. We 
also heard 1-2 others calling.

Speaking of owls, Kay and I checked out Long Ridge preserve after 
dark with permit on 8/11. At the pond, the frogs were silent unlike 
on 7/14, but we did hear a few calls of one Western Screech Owl. 
Also, returning via the short trail to LR10, we heard tapping on both 
sides of the trail. One source was coming from higher than the other. 
After a few minutes of searching with red then white flashlight, a CA 
Quail flushed from further back and higher than the lower source of tapping.



>Non-bird highlights included a couple of nearby deer, a garter 
>snake, a little banana slug, the tail of some animal (fox? coyote? 
>it had a dark tip; there was a little fur around on the ground but 
>nothing else), and as we got to the parking lot at dusk there were 
>large bats flying overhead. Smaller bats were flying further down 
>Page Mill Rd.  It was a beautiful evening with lots of pink wispy 
>clouds following the sunset.
>
>About 30 seconds after I got home the phone rang: it was Kay on her 
>cell phone.  She and Debbi were still at the Park & Ride at Page 
>Mill Road & Hwy 280 where they heard 2 juvenille GREAT HORNED OWLS; 
>they saw one land on a wire above.  Tempting as it was to drive back 
>there, I decided to stay home and write this e-mail instead.

Debbi Brusco  


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