Baby bunny in front of the small front gate building of this regional park. Each baby seemed to have its own hole to dive into under the structure.
I didn't particularly think of following yesterday's coyote post with a choice prey target, just happened to be in the same folder.

Tags:   baby rabbit wildlife Glen Helen Regional Park

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Here's one of my park's coyotes. I actually haven't seen one for at least a month, and I had been seeing them regularly. Hopefully, they've just gone up in the hills to make more coyotes. Turns out I'm guilty of not culling my day's shoot too, now to the point of either bite the bullet or spend more money on hard drives. Culling is the current choice. No crop on this one and it made the cut.

Tags:   Canis latrans Glen Helen Regional Park canid canine coyote wildlife

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Turns out I hadn't even looked through my folder from this place since last fall. I came across this one and thought it was pretty cool. There ARE acorn woodpeckers around here, and the acorn in the female's beak could have belonged to one. Who knows how she got a hold of this one in the middle of this small lake. Her mate seems to look on in disbelief. I had to look it up. Do Wood Ducks actually eat acorns? While she eventually dropped this one, they evidently do eat acorns and other nuts in addition to a more standard diet of seeds, fruits, insects and other arthropods.

Tags:   Aix sponsa Irvine Regional Park Wood Duck bird duck wildlife

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I heard there were screech-owls in this area, but when someone pointed out to me where the nest was and that it was a night-time viewing, I figured no way. Today, however, the two little owlets came into view (in heavy overcast, thankfully), not that you could see them with the naked eye in their dark nest hole. So there you have it. Screech-owl lifer, check.

Tags:   Megascops kennicottii Western Screech-Owl bird of prey owl owlet screech owl wildlife

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One more of most of our little Mallard family, here mom slips back into the water after a brief preening session. I'm not gonna lie - they ran me around the lake twice trying to get better lighting. Soon after this they worked their way to the creek that empties into this small lake and I eventually lost them. It was really fun watching the voracious little eaters.

For what it's worth (not much), I gave up on last night's post that had a big 8 views and decided it was in that Flickr black hole. Here's another one, I hope it gets a better look by the Flickr community.

Tags:   California bird duck duckling mallard wetlands wildlife

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