Dipper Ranch

Hello, hello, are you dead yet? The driveway and the front gate have a good view across the Dipper Ranch, so I always scan the propert...

First mud puddle - must have been some party going on after that rain    Rain. Here are photos of tracks that appeared in one little mud...

Arrggh, that sinking feeling when I open up my Bushnell HD Trophy trail camera and the date says January 1, 2013. It's not January an...

Summer-dry brown in October. That's SoCal.   Southern California. SoCal.  Land of lovely sunshine and 13.7 inches of average annual ...

Nighttime silhouette in the wildlife camera at the cattle pen. I felt restless in late November as I often do around the full moon, but ...

Coyote in Yellowstone National Park - collared and ear tagged A few days later, we were cruising the Northeast Entrance Road along Soda ...

When the days got short and the nights crisp, the animals came to the horse meadow. Mostly they came to eat the persimmons off the tree....

Vultures checking out the new cattle trough. Random Truth just posted great photos of bears bathing in cattle water troughs in the ...

Large tracks on Windy Hill Open Space Preserve (no longer sure whether these are mountain lion or not, see comments) The San Francisco ...

5:30 AM - Woke up to see a gophersnake visiting the birdbath outside the bedroom window. 8:00 PM - Stopped on the way home to watch...

Who might this be - this newcomer to The Coyote Brush Highway?  A new critter visited The Coyote Brush Highway.  Click "Read More...

Male coyote in front, female coyote in back. Three coyotes were sunning in a grassy field near Monte Bello Open Space Preserve one morn...

I've been invited to lead a storytelling evening: The Coyote Brush Highway South Skyline Association General Meeting  Frid...

Coyote running in its colorful winter coat As summer progressed, the coyote pups were showing up less often on the wildlife cameras al...

Hot day on the Coyote Brush Highway for a coyote pup. The game was up.  With their keen noses and my sensitive skin, I didn't expect...

Three juvenile coyotes travel past the wildlife camera on The Coyote Brush Highway. I noticed something unusual in late June as I was m...

This time of year, there are small changes every few days.  Walking around the Dipper Ranch is like a wildland version of the I-Spy game. ...

If you saw this on a drive down a quiet country road, what would you think? Press "Post a Comment" below to share your thoughts....

Rib bones still attached to the steer carcass with their surface shredded By the three-week mark of finding the steer carcass at the ...

Two coyotes working the carcass on the night of Day 2. After finding both canine and feline tracks around the dead steer , we decided to ...