Two Pack Rat Nests Under a House in Pine Mt Lake, Groveland
Ryles Richards found two pack rat nests under a house in Pine Mountain Lake, Groveland Ca. The nests were on opposite sides of the home’s subarea.
14 February 2020
A rat was actually in the smaller, multicolored nest, and ran away when Ryles found the nest.
One nest is made from a variety of materials, and was constructed on an old green sleeping bag.
The other nest, two pictures at the bottom, was more birdnest-like, in that it was open at the top.
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A Pocket Gopher’s Cache of Bermuda Grass Roots
While digging up a mound of dirt left by a pocket gopher, I found a cache of small pieces of bermuda grass roots.
11 February 2020, Sonora California.
Here is a link to a video of a pocket gopher cache of acorns.
Wood decay with beautiful patterns
This branch was on the ground, under a dead poplar or cottonwood (??) tree. Sonora California, 2-11-2020. The fungus appears to have grown under old bark, which has mostly now fallen off.
