2 chicks in nest close to fledging.
It was sick or hurt
The mammal, brush rabbit, was found on the trail near Sacramento State, was on the floor on a sunny afternoon. It was hot out and when you got closer it would run and ran into the bush seen in the photo.
A Western Bluebird (Sialia mexicana), photographed along the Laguna Creek Trail, fairly close to its staging aarea off Waterman Road in Elk Grove, CA. Submitted for CNC 2024.
A California Ground Squirrel (Otospermophilus beecheyi), photographed along the Laguna Creek Trail in Elk Grove, CA. Submitted for CNC 2024.
The beaver is here https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/208150883