by Beverly G. | Oct 22, 2014 | News and Views
Wildlife camera team volunteers found these ant mounds when heading out to camera #2 at chalk hill last September (2013). Today (Oct.21,2014), volunteers Mike and Ruby Klatt, Bev Gingg and Cal Poly intern Trisha Huynh, found another active mound along the LATO trail....
by Beverly G. | Oct 22, 2014 | News and Views
From Docents Mike and Ruby Klatt: Here are a few of the photos that I took of the condors that we saw as we drove up Highway 1 on Monday (Sept. 22,2014). We started seeing condors south of Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park. We saw a few lone condors and two...
by Beverly G. | Jul 14, 2014 | Discover Trail Life, Discoveries, News and Views
Mike Klatt has been watching a gall on a coast live oak at his house north of Santa Margarita. Mike has noticed a wasp that seems to always be on or near the gall. What is going on? See below for the answer. This interesting wasp is an Oak Gall Chalcid...
by Beverly G. | Jul 14, 2014 | News and Views
These photos show acorns developing on valley oaks in the Klatt Family’s oak grove. Photos were taken on June 3,2014.
by Beverly G. | Jun 8, 2014 | Discover Trail Life, News and Views, Santa Margarita Ranch LATO Trail
LATO trail docents Mike and Ruby found this wildflower along the trail on May 28 and sent these photos with a request for i.d. help. This plant looked common to me and yet I couldn’t immediately put my finger on its name. A little bit of sleuthing...
