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We visited this park with about 25 people from China. I had warned them not to take food into their tents. Instead, the coons attempted to open all the suitcases. With one, they succeeded. They also got into the dog food I had accidentally left outside.

Field notes above
We watched her for about 10-15 minutes. I dropped some blueberries down for her and she gobbled some up! She also took a drink from our stream and was foraging a little in the leaf litter. She went out of sight soon after and I didn’t see her again. Big sighting for me, I have never seen a Virginia Opossum around here before!

P-22, the famous Griffith Park mountain lion, visited my camera trap just before the end of the City Nature Challenge. This was the only camera trap I left in the park due to the pandemic. The camera transmits photos to me via cell service so that I can remain in compliance with stay at home orders and temporary trail closures.

This is an observation of several Hydra specimens taken from a single water sample. All images with 40x and 100x lenses are taken from the same specimen.

A water sample was taken from the shore of lake Istok. The sample was stored at room temperature and observed 6 days after collection.

Video: https://youtu.be/j2zLH1NoOc4

This pellet contained the remains of at least 5 Jerusalem Crickets!! Ten Jerusalem cricket mandibles & other remains found in Barn Owl pellet #A-24.

Here is the observation for the pellet:
Pellet #A-24: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/184442657

Approximately 4” long with what appear to be lobed toes. Three or four grebes ran from shore into the water as I approached this area. There were also several snowy egrets in the mix at the same time, and various other waterfowl in the area. Many different track types were evident.