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We were hanging around camp when this ratsnake fell from a tree with a flying squirrel. I'm sure the squirrel was alive when they first hit the ground but it wasn't moving. The snake didn't seem to mind that we were watching and it proceeded to eat the squirrel. After the snake finished it made its way back to the tree it fell from and climbed up inside the hollow trunk. Definitely an observation where we were in the right place at the right time. Unfortunately for the squirrel this encounter didn't work out.

See the observation of the flying squirrel:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/99524009

We were hanging around at camp when this rat snake fell from a tree with this flying squirrel. I'm sure the squirrel was alive when they first hit the ground but it wasn't moving. The snake didn't seem to mind that we were watching this and it proceeded to eat the squirrel.

See the observation of the snake:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/99524010

I was leaving the park when I encountered this tortiose coming out from the road. It had been eating prickly pear. Was shocked to see this -- worked in the park for nearly 8 years and had never seen one -- don't know if it was truly wild or a dropped off pet, but wanted to document it just the same.

This may be the best set of trail cam images we've ever captured here on Salton Drive. Before the rains of Tropical Storm Beta began several days ago, I had let the bird bath dry out in an attempt to deter a flock of Common Grackles which were overwhelming our nearby bird feeders. I'm sure that was annoying to all the other resident birds and wildlife but notice how our local Gray Fox took it in stride! The fox showed up at 9 a.m. in the morning and spent nearly 20 minutes hanging out and resting on top of the bird bath. I have a long series of images of the fox occasionally getting up, circling around for a more comfortable position, snoozing, scratching an itch, etc. So cute!