by Beverly G. | Mar 14, 2017 | Discover Trail Life, Santa Margarita Ranch LATO Trail
LATO wildlife camera volunteers Nathan and Dan Sharon spotted this coyote loping through Santa Margarita’s oak woodlands during a March 2017 outing to service wildlife cameras.
by Beverly G. | Mar 10, 2017 | Discover Trail Life, Pismo Preserve
Coast live oak flowers at the Pismo Preserve, March 6,2017 (Photo credit: Lyza Johnson) Male oak flowers or catkins (Photo credit: Lyza Johnson) Sally Krenn holding oak flowers, January 23,2017 (Photo credit: Alison Jackson) Coast live oak male flowers or catkins on...
by Beverly G. | Feb 23, 2017 | Discover Trail Life
Pismo Preserve docent Alison Jackson captured these interesting caterpillars in action during a recent hike. Our entomologist friend Dennis Sheridan helped us with the identification: These caterpillars will become variable checkerspot butterflies!
by Beverly G. | Feb 21, 2017 | Discover Trail Life
Bumblebee on phacelia at the Pismo Preserve, February 9,2017. We saw a hillside covered with these beautiful blooms and busy bees at work!
by Beverly G. | Jul 14, 2016 | Discover Trail Life
The kids and I spotted this convention of red milkweed beetles on woollypod milkweed along the LATO trail during a May 20,2016 hike. Did you know that these beetles make sounds akin to a cat purring? Click on the link to find out what entomologists have learned...
